On 6 February 2012 05:54, gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > Obviously I have to use G92 to install the Z offset that compensates for > the drill length, that is unavoidable from my reading. I have no lengths > in my tool table since I'm using a drill chuck, making those lengths > arbitrary and requiring I G38.2 to find this out after every tool change.
I don't think that is obvious at all. In fact I think that G92 is the wrong way to do this, and the tool table is the right way. I would suggest that what you should do is use your probed length to set the tool-offset (G10 L1 or G10 L10, and G43) and use the hole-finding routine to set the coordinate system origin (G10 L2, or G10 L20) The purpose of G92 is mainly to put a duplicate shape somewhere else on a workpiece, as I understand it. -- atp The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
