Igor Chudov wrote: > Ed, thanks. > > What do you use to locate Z edge of a part? > > You cannot use a ball end electronic edge finder, right? > > - Igor
I do use the zero tool. Usually I use a carbide end mill as a feeler. As mentioned earlier, bring tool zero down to just above the work piece, then jog it up until the shank of the end mill just slides under tool zero, then press the END key and enter the diameter in the popup box, press enter and your tool zero is referenced to the top of your workpiece. Always jog upward as you are setting the tool, if you jog down it might affect the position of tool zero. Incremental at .001 works well to fine tune the height. You could use your ball end edge finder as tool zero if you know the travel to actuation. Once you get used to useing a block or tool shank it is almost as fast. 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
