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General Mach Discussion / Re: Still one more question on tool wear
« on: March 03, 2013, 09:11:09 AM »Quote
For example, if I have a hole cut at .375 with a .125 diameter tool, entering .120 or .130 in the tool table does nothing.
How are you determining that it's doing nothing?
Mach should be compensating based on the diameter entered in the tooltable. If you put in .05, you can visibly see the difference on the toolpath screen. But you won't be able to see it if the difference is only .005.
Try this. Set the tool diameter to .12, and enable Single Block mode. When you get to lines 240-270, you'll see that the DRO shows an offset of .06 from the commanded position, which is correct.
Not change the diameter to .13, and do the same thing. You'll now see the DRO show a .065 offset.
I just tried it here, and it's working correctly.
Now, if you're actually making holes and the sizes aren't changing, then the issue is probably with your machine.