Re: What does Tool Radius Compensation do ?

Darrell,
Thanks for the info. As I mentioned to Jon, I do so little hard
materials that I expect I'll never need it...
Hans Wedemeyer


Darrell Gehlsen wrote:

> The first thing that comes to mind is when you program your part, you
> program the actual part dimensions and then you use G41 or G42 to
> offset the
> tool. That means that you can use any size tool that is convenient.
> Also you
> can lie about the tool size, to the control, and compensate for tool
> wear or
> deflection. You can tell the control that the tool is a .505 diameter
> and
> then run a finish pass telling the control that the tool is .500
> diameter.
> The biggest advantage to diameter compensation is that you don't have
> to
> repost the part every time you change a tool.
> Darrell
>