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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: francocncprojects on December 05, 2016, 07:23:40 PM
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Hello - I'm a Mach3 user in the process of converting to Mach4. I'm having problems with the Tool Table and how it applies to lathes. I've observed the following while working in MDI:
1. X Offset seems to work well.
2. X Offset Wear doesn't seem to affect anything.
3. Length appears to hold the Z-axis values and it works well.
4. Length Wear has no impact on Z coordinates but it does effect a change on the X-axis.
Additionally, I don't see any columns related to Lathe oriented cutter compensation such as Quadrant or Tool Radius or Tool Radius Compensation.
I really like Mach4 and I would be sooooo happy if anyone can help me with this. ;D
-Thanks
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So...I found this document on the ArtSoft knowldegebase which made me realize I must be doing something wrong:
http://support.machsupport.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/73/4/setting-tool-offset-in-mach4-lathe
As it would turn out, I somehow got a tooltable.tls file in my profile that was geared for mills. Once I copied a lathe tooltable.tls in to my profile folder, everything was good.
Mach4 looks awesome and I'm looking forward to using it!