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« on: October 18, 2015, 02:40:32 PM »
I have had similar questions about this as well and this series of explanations has helped me understand better exactly what is going on. however, I am wondering what is a good way to handle drill bits in a tool crib in either the CAM crib or Mach 3 Crib? Originally I thought that I would use the same tool number, T11, for any drill bit and then, because I use automatic measurement of each tool in a non repeatable holder, NRH, provided for in MSM, it would give me the correct TLO each time even though the tool number is the same. However, the program needs to know the diameter of the bit and then is held in the Mach 3 table for T11 and that is not measured by the MSM Auto Tool measurement. So I don't see any way to address the drill bit change issue except to create a separate tool # in Mach 3 and the Cam tool crib for each drill that I use in machining.
Bottom line question: does any one have a better suggestion as to how to manage drill bit changes in Mach 3 Cribs and with Cam Cribs?
Thanks,
Greg