Lair wrote....... Hey Guys, I will take a stab at this,,
We will start with say tool 1, offset 1, which would be T0101 ( We use a wear offset table as well as the regular tool position date, hence the second 01 in the the tool call) and touch off Z, set that to "0" in the tool table, then take a skim cut on the OD of the part, measure that OD, then enter that value into the tool table, in diameter. Then MDI to the next tool, T0202, and do the same thing, touch off Z, set to zero, touch off X, enter the diameter, and so on. Then on the next part, we will MDI back to T0101, manually jog and touch the face, and instead off a tool table entry, we instead go back to MDI, and enter a G92 Z0.000, this moves all tool positions accordingly in the control, in relation to the end of the part, it will not change any of the tool data in the table. Then we jog around and touch off the X, and do the the same, go back to MDI, then enter a G92 X#.### with the number being the measured diameter you just touched off on, and again, this moves all tool positions accordingly in the control, in relation to the OD of the part, and does not change any tool table data. The G92 globally shifts all tool coordinates, in relation to whatever axis you enter in the line after the G92 command. ************ I agree except the X usually does not change on a lathe so there is usually no need for re-touching off the x axis once the tool table is set. Jeff Johnson [email protected] Superior Roll & Turning 734-279-1831 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
