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PoKeys / Pendant MPG moves backwards
« on: March 12, 2015, 08:13:39 PM »
How can I change the direction of my pendant that goes through a pokeys. Spinning it moves the axis backwards from what it should be. I found what I think it might be, but everything is greyed out in the settings. So, not sure.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Putting tools in tool holders
« on: March 10, 2015, 06:45:49 PM »
How do you interface the glass scale to Mach? Is there a thread that you made when doing this or anything?

Also, I was looking at MachStdMill a little today. It says it has some probing functions. Not sure if that is worth getting or not.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Putting tools in tool holders
« on: March 10, 2015, 06:39:00 PM »
How accurate is measuring them like that vs measuring them when they are in the machine and touching off with an electronic tool touch off device?

For now I have an Econo-probe touch off plate. I might consider something like you have when more time opens up and I know how to make parts on my CNC....working on the CAM learning at the moment.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Putting tools in tool holders
« on: March 09, 2015, 07:36:28 PM »
I just did some measuring on my tools and the chiron tools and they are the same. The funny thing is that they do not appear to be SK30 or BT30. Both of those are longer from the specs I can find.

I wonder what the story is behind our two different machines using almost the same tool but being different than all the rest is.
It does look like maybe some Chiron had Fanuc controls. My whole machine was made by Fanuc I believe and just got a P&W nameplate. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Putting tools in tool holders
« on: March 09, 2015, 03:42:29 PM »
That is a pretty neat way to do it. I have not done anything with tool heights or zeroing the tool or anything yet. I understand the basic idea, but I have not used mach to know anything about how they are entered or stored or anything....yet. I know I won't have time to build anything like that right away though. I will either make due with a feeler or hook up my tool height setter and get it going. Lots to figure out still...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Putting tools in tool holders
« on: March 09, 2015, 08:27:29 AM »
I don't have any true BT30 tooling. I just always thought it might be a possibility to convert some somehow......I don't know of anything I need at the moment, but I am still curious. I am going to recheck into this.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Putting tools in tool holders
« on: March 09, 2015, 08:01:33 AM »
Interesting. I never had a BT30 tool to compare. I believe mine are the same as those Chiron tools I have though. The one I converted to test loads right in and if you flip them and mate them up like you did there I thought they were the same length.
I will double check again tonight and also find a drawing of a BT30 and check. Now you got me curious. I went through all this once before and thought they were the same as a BT30 on the top.
This would knock out my idea of converting some BT30 tools if the need ever arose. I am going to do some measuring when I get a chance.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Putting tools in tool holders
« on: March 08, 2015, 08:58:27 PM »
Looks like it has two and they are spring loaded.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Putting tools in tool holders
« on: March 08, 2015, 08:33:34 PM »
Think it will hurt anything if I just leave them as one or am I going to need to somehow mill out the other slot? I think mine has two pins, but I am not positive without looking.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Putting tools in tool holders
« on: March 08, 2015, 08:16:07 PM »
A lot of these ones I think are Chiron only have one notch for some reason instead of two. These are all BT30 basically but with a a bearing on the lower end. The rest of the dimensions are the same if memory serves.

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