My copy of the probe screen is I guess V1. It's probably about 3-4 years
old.
Having a tool setter is nice. Some time back I picked up a couple of
Renishaw MP3 probes so I use one as probe and one permanently mounted to
the table as a tool setter. I have a subroutine that runs on M6 which
can optionally auto tool set. It makes life really easy.
Les
On 12/11/2021 17:50, John Dammeyer wrote:
Hi Les,
Yes. It was the probe screen images I found on the net that pointed me to the
versaPR that is pretty nice for the price. The V2 screen for LCNC 2.8 overall
is good. I've been looking through the Python code to see what it's up to. It
looks at the INI file for the jog step size and machine config Imperial/metric.
It does not look at the G20/G21 state which is unfortunate.
While it's probing the DROs are not incremented in real time. They are only
updated after probing is done. To watch what's happening you start the probe
and then quickly flip back to the main or DRO screen and you can see the feed
rates and XYZ positions update in real time.
I'm not using the TS button since I don't yet have a tool setter. I followed a
different tutorial from the LCNC help files for configuring the tool table for my
tools in the TT holders. The down side is I have one 1/4" drill chuck and if I
need different size holes it becomes a bit tedious so a tool setting operation,
sometimes, would be handy.
The reason I say sometimes is that my mill head can move in and out with a hand
crank. For castings larger than the Y distance motion I have to move it around
quite a bit. That then changes the physical tool change (and probe set)
positions.
I guess in the long run it will depend on how often I cast large stuff or
machine small stuff.
John
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