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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tool Offset Macro...
« on: July 28, 2016, 02:33:08 PM »
Ok, pulled apart a probe macro ;) Added a few lines of code, I think I'm getting there?

M1098 measures the reference tool and stores the distance in #var(500), this is only run once for a setting session.

M1099 measures a tool, then compares the length with the contents of #var(500) and spits out the difference which can then be entered into the tool table.

Untested as yet, the code runs ok but not tested properly.

My question now is - is this a correct procedure for populating the tool table ?

It seems to make sense to me at least - as long as the tool number on-screen matches the tool mounted, once the z axis is touched-off, all further tools are automatically set to the same reference.

I think that's what's needed :)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tool Offset Macro...
« on: July 28, 2016, 09:55:47 AM »
Seems two macro's might be better, or one called one-time only from the other....

first one measures the ref tool and stores height in a #var

second one is then run once for each tool (if multiples) and simply compares the result against the #var and spits out the difference?

idea or not?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?
« on: July 28, 2016, 09:37:23 AM »
ah boy, more money ;)

its a good price though, have asked for a package price with ram, psu and mb to see if its worth it.



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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?
« on: July 28, 2016, 07:36:54 AM »
HI Hood,

Yes the displays only come on with the mains.

Will go for mounted option then.

PC is a bit of a PITA, I was going  to mount the guts inside the floating keyboard station but having had the lid off today to fit an SSD, I see the CPU has a heatsink thats about 6" x 4" with a 120mm fan mounted on front!

Thats going to make the pendant a bit big and clunky so I might just sling the PC complete into the bottom of the main cabinet and extend the Video/USB up to the pendant. Makes replacing the PC simpler too, and the pendant very slim now.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?
« on: July 28, 2016, 03:24:23 AM »
Ok, control cabinets....

Using cardboard templates, I have worked out a reasonable layout and the size needs to be about 650mm wide, 850mm tall and 280mm deep.

Compared to the actual size of a Bridgeport this is a very big cabinet.

Should i mount it on the side, sticking out to the rear of the machine, go for floor-standing independent unit, wall mount it?

Whats a good idea here?

It will be steel, plasma cut and welded up i think - cheapest option.

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yes i too tried button 183 and it was not happy.

I will have a pot on the CSMIO so maybe that will fix it as you say, writing to the DRO could be useful too if not.

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?
« on: July 28, 2016, 02:18:28 AM »
They do have a 24v connection but i think its only used for the I/O connections possibly, it is on with the CSMIO so its not that anyway.

I'll keep an eye on it but i think its pretty good now, at least the numbers do not change once the system is running.

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Thats the odd part - there is nothing i can find that touches that DRO so it must be an internal thing linked to pulley numbers or something.

Is there an OEMbutton code for the spindle speed override button - maybe easier to just tack that on at the end??

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Ok, played with the code tonight - it's really not that bad, simple, clear instruction and does what it needs.

The only bug seems to be that it messes up the spindle speed override for some reason - this would really mess things up so i need to get it sorted.

No idea where to start on this one though

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General Mach Discussion / Tool Offset Macro...
« on: July 27, 2016, 01:24:51 PM »
Ok, been messing with the tool offset table, I think I have it sussed now but looking for a way to smarten up offset measuring.

I have attached a macro that sort of contains what i want (plus a lot of junk i think) but looking for help in tuning it up or replacing it.

What i want, what i really really want ;) is to fit the reference tool and zero that, then fit the new tool and run the macro and have it give me the resulting difference in length each time in a message box or similar.

Seems the tool table offsets are always negative if the new tool is shorter than the ref tool so the sign needs to be correct in the answer too.

I'm sure someone can assist, probably already been done a million times;)