>On 28 May 2015 at 11:08, Marius Liebenberg <mar...@mastercut.co.za> >wrote: >> what happens >> if I have to change tool 1 and the offsets for the new tool changes. >> Does the rest of the tools in the table adjust automatically or must >>I >> redo all the tools in the table gain? > >If you change Tool 1 then you could touch-off the new Tool1 into the >tool table, and that would leave New Tool1 1 with an offset relative >to Old Tool1, and all the other tools will have offsets relative to >Old Tool 1. So things will still work. The advantage of Tool 1 being a >zero-offset tool is just that it is easier to tell when something has >gone wrong (like touching off into T rather than G54 with tool1 >loaded) So it would be better if I zero tool 1 to the face of the chuck as Z0 and to the centre point as D0.
I dont know how to touch off into T. I always put the tool to the job and set Z=0. My understanding is that the tool table must take care of the rest. So once I have loaded all the tools in the table and touch them off to the reference of the chuck face and center, then I dont have to worry about tool offset in G54 - G59. Should I use any other than Tx M6 with G43 already active in the setup code? > >This is probably one of those situations where you need to understand >what the work and tool offsets are, and then work out how you want to >use them. > >-- >atp >If you can't fix it, you don't own it. >http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
