Andrew, Using the knee is a very effective and useful method to adjust for minor differences in tool length - do not apologize for this. I have used it many times. EMC2 has a tool table with a column for tool lengths. The gcode can access the lengths in the column and rows to adjust the tool motion. It sounds as if you could test the tool length file - ex. tool.tbl - with different values to determine how you wished to use the tool lengths. Study the G43 and related gcodes. thanks Stuart
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Speaker To-Dirt <speaker_2_d...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Hi All: > > Being new to EMC 2 and g-code I have yet another question to ask. When > you do a tool change what's the best procedure for determining the tool > length, and then how do you communicate that to the g-code? I hate to admit > this, but I've been using the knee to adjust out the differences in length > from one tool to another. > > I'd love to hear how other people do it, esp how it's done in industry, > and hwo EMC2 expects you to do it. > > Thanks > Andrew > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? > http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- dos centavos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
