On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:03:43 -0500, you wrote: >On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 09:12:00AM +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote: >> > >> >In my opinion the difficulty is that it needs to be per-tool to have >> >much use. That means adding more stuff to the tool table. >> >> Why would it have to be per tool or anything added to the tool table? >> The offsets and tool numbers are there already, they work with current >> soft and hard limits don't they? What else would be needed? > >Because the tool offset locates only the controlled point (tip) of the >tool. There is always more stuff attached to the tip that you also >want to keep out of the chuck.
Chris - I think you are being too adventurous here :) I often work inside the confines of the chuck, drilling, boring and threading. Stopping the tool crashing into the chuck or stock is a CAM function, not that of softlimits. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
