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General Mach Discussion / Re: Automatic tool changer
« on: November 12, 2005, 04:46:37 PM »My mistake!, I knew there was something different in the accent.
I downloaded your probe macro.
I kind of dont know exactly the process of using a tool probe.
Let me get it straight, Every time I start a job I MUST zero the top of the part with, say, tool 0, sun the probing macro so that the distance between part zero and tool probe is known, from then on, the machine will make the tool changes and probe every one of the tools so the offset can be updated.
Am I in the ballpark?
I think my problem was that I dont have a tool probe wired right now, so the Z axis just kept lowering itself.
Now I just have to get all my stuff together, spindle with auto tool changer, VFD for spindle, collets and tool holders, tool rack and tool probe
Quite a shopping list! Good thing im not married.
Regards
Fernando
PS, thanks for the support, and for the great video
I think you are in the ballpark
That is how the macro works!!! once you have a tool probe i think you are going to be happy with how it runs. I did a pile of tools after I did the video and it worked very fast. I had to add in code to make it go to the probe after I loaded in the tool but other than that it was a run able script.
I know the married thing! My wife is not happy from time to time
Once you have a probe we will help you get everything working!
Thank you
Brian