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General Mach Discussion / Re: Use of tools in a turret?
« on: February 27, 2012, 10:30:26 PM »
Rich we are way past me being confused! Eventually I will get some of it correctly. I do change the tools via MDI. Touch off tool 0? Or by touch off do you mean set my machine 0,0 to be my Tool 0's location? Then I notice you skipped tool 1, according to Hoods method, this was because all other tools vary from tool 1, correct? Tool 1 should have no offset in Z or X, correct? I like the straw idea, so would my tools! Up until this point I have been using a piece of stock .3115 in diameter, if when touching tool 2 to the X, shouldnt I have the diameter in the X part zero box upon pressing touch? Since I never touch tool 1 til the actual part is installed it baffles me how anything knows where it is.