Thread: Emco PC120 Turn
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02-08-2016 #1
Have a read of the Mach3 turn manual, as it explains tool offsets pretty well.
The one thing I will say, is they're far easier to handle if you have accurate homing on the X-axis (Z axis is less critical as you can just bump of the end of the stock).
With mach3 you want to be using the Txxyy format, where xx is the tool position, and yy is the tool offset to use. It's meant for turret setups where you swap tools in each position.Avoiding the rubbish customer service from AluminiumWarehouse since July '13.
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02-08-2016 #2
Thanks. I did read through the manual today. So fairly confident I understand although Ill play a bit later and see. I dont have many 12mm tools that are suitable but just 2 will prove the principle.
The machine has proximity sensors, so I think reasonable accurate (hoping).
So T101 is tool 1 using offset 1? Is the offset captured in the tool table?
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02-08-2016 #3
I always used 4 digits T0101 for clarity, but yes that will command the turret to position 1, and load tool offsets 1 from the tool table. It's the same as using T01, but I always preferred the 4 digit version for consistency.
Avoiding the rubbish customer service from AluminiumWarehouse since July '13.
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