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« on: March 10, 2020, 03:34:38 PM »
Hello everyone !
I have a Bulleri CNC, to which a Mach3 USB connection plate was adapted, it usually works very well, it has an automatic tool change, which has room for twelve (12) pieces, We use several macros specially designed for the machine, so I have some doubts about it
Automatic tool change is fine whenever I do it manually, but when I start a cut, for example, I have problems with the "zero" of each tool. Let me see how I can explain you better.
I used the technique of using a tool as a guide to make zero, and then I measure each tool to indicate where zero is for each one and with the table of tools I fill in the data, whenever I make the change I have the corresponding measures. However, when I start a cut that has several tools, and some of them are longer than the previous one, the Z axis when placed is placed at the zero of the tool 1 instead of the tool 2, so it collides with the material.
I have to stop the work, take Z to a higher position, change the tool and then tell it to go to zero with the new tool. Is there any way for the machine to do this automatically? I have to place some additional device?