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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 Turn Master tool setup, Tool Adjust
« on: July 17, 2017, 02:26:26 PM »
I'm very new to Mach3 and I have searched all over and looked in the support docs and the Turn manual for information on the tool adjust button to no avail. Its briefly mentioned in many places but nothing specific as to how you use it and what field you put the changes into.
I setup all the tools as per the instructions, and I understand all that. But when I setup the master tool or any tool the lathe and take a cut, I measure and see there is a difference of lets say +0.003 (part is larger that it should be) between where the software thinks the cut was and what it actually ended up with.
I assume tool adjust is for this purpose but which of the 10 fields do you put the change into. Wear.. offet, ? I'm in diameter mode so I would half that number to 0.0015, I got that.
I'm on 066 and realize it has an issue with some turn functions. I will be reverting to 064 or 057.
I setup all the tools as per the instructions, and I understand all that. But when I setup the master tool or any tool the lathe and take a cut, I measure and see there is a difference of lets say +0.003 (part is larger that it should be) between where the software thinks the cut was and what it actually ended up with.
I assume tool adjust is for this purpose but which of the 10 fields do you put the change into. Wear.. offet, ? I'm in diameter mode so I would half that number to 0.0015, I got that.
I'm on 066 and realize it has an issue with some turn functions. I will be reverting to 064 or 057.