> On Wednesday 09 March 2016 05:03:59 andy pugh wrote:
>
>>
>> If you had jogged a reference tool down to the PCB then touched-off
>> the G54 to that position before touching-off the rest of the tools
>> you would have ended up with a tool table of offsets relative to the
>> reference tool, rathe
On Wednesday 09 March 2016 05:03:59 andy pugh wrote:
> On 9 March 2016 at 00:24, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Just one problem, the limit box in the backplot says the tool tip is
> > only about 150 thou below the z axis upper limit!, and my code
> > refuses to run because it runs up 4" to a tool chang
On 9 March 2016 at 05:29, Gene Heskett wrote:
> One thing I learned, it seems a g43 TLO comp enable, is cumulative,
No, it isn't. But you can end up increasing the tool length offset by
a sequence of tool-touch-off and work-touch-off actions.
I think you need to sit back and clarify in your head
On 9 March 2016 at 00:24, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Just one problem, the limit box in the backplot says the tool tip is only
> about 150 thou below the z axis upper limit!, and my code refuses to run
> because it runs up 4" to a tool change height, which there are 3 of in
> the code..
>
> This does n
On Tuesday 08 March 2016 23:28:20 Jon Elson wrote:
> On 03/08/2016 09:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > From the .ini file:
> >
> > MIN_LIMIT = -10.2500
> > MAX_LIMIT = 0.3690
>
> OK, these are the distance from the home position, wherever
> you have it defined. You ARE homing the machi
On 03/08/2016 09:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> From the .ini file:
>
> MIN_LIMIT = -10.2500
> MAX_LIMIT = 0.3690
>
>
OK, these are the distance from the home position, wherever
you have it defined. You ARE homing the machine to a fixed
position, like a home or limit switch, right? I
On Tuesday 08 March 2016 19:24:33 Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings;
>
> I have gone thru this machine, starting with nuking linuxcnc.var,
> homed it and zeroed it until the DRO display, even when asked to show
> offsets, is reporting a whole screen full of 0. for all axis's.
>
> Then I used a p
