Ed, thanks. What do you use to locate Z edge of a part?
You cannot use a ball end electronic edge finder, right? - Igor On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Ed <ate...@mwt.net> wrote: > Igor Chudov wrote: >> Guys, >> >> First off, thanks to all for porting EMC to 10.04, it is fantastic. >> >> Just a question. I use quick change toolholders based on NMTB-30. >> >> I am trying to get a tool table started. And I wonder if I can simply >> measure the total length of the tool, in toolholder, with a caliper, >> and then subtract say 4 inches and use that as offset. >> >> OFFSET = TOTAL LENGTH - 4 inches >> >> Is that completely wrong? At least this way, it is easy to set up a >> tool table and it does not require complicated tool setters, etc. >> >> - Igor > > > What I do is put a dowel pin in a holder and dedicate it to being tool > Zero. Type M6T0 and G43H0 in MDI. Bring tool0 down to a setter or a > block. Press the end key and set to 0.0 . Now mount a loaded tool > holder and bring it down to the same setter or block. Record the reading > and tool number. Repeat until you run out of holders. Fill up your tool > table. My method of using a block is to jog the tool down to slightly > lower than the block then slowly raise it till the block slips under. To > set workpiece zero simply install tool zero, jog down to set the block, > hit the end key, type in the thickness of the block and all tools will > referance from that. The advantage to this method is you always have one > absolute referance point with tool zero. Ed. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
