Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: turret tool post for lathe

Hi Dan,

Mach2 has full tool compensation. You enter the X,Z offsets and tip radius
into a tool table. The offsets can then be selected manually or with G43. It
will now also directly control a toolchanger. You have to write a VBScript
macro but that is pretty easy to do. There are a few bugs in the toolchanger
code but hopefully they will be sorted out in the near future.

AFAIK TurboCNC has something similar but you would have to play around with
the source to directly control a toolchanger.

Les

>
> On my dyna 3000 with tool changer the conversational language has a
> setup feature for loading the various tools into the changer and then
> precisely setting them. Thus when a tool change is made the program
> compensates for any differences in positions of the various tools. I was
> wondering how this may be accomplished on various PC programs that don't
> directly support a tool changer such as mach1/mach2. I would guess you
> would have to set up various offsets
> Dan