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General Mach Discussion / Re: ATC for Tormach

« on: January 21, 2008, 10:48:03 AM »

It has an R8, I'm using there tooling.
I'm working on the draw bar now.

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General Mach Discussion / ATC for Tormach

« on: January 21, 2008, 09:42:35 AM »

I’m looking into building a ATC for my Tormach.
I’m going to build one that works like a Haas tool
room mill tool changer.

It will sit to the left of the spindle and slide under
it on a track and hold 10 tools in a round magazine.

The Tormach is setup with steppers, should I put a
stepper on the magazine to index it or use a servo?


Chris

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Probe normally open/close?

« on: December 18, 2007, 08:14:42 AM »

Thanks for the quick response guys, it works!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Probe normally open/close?

« on: December 16, 2007, 11:27:39 PM »

I'll play around with it tomorrow and let you know how it works thanks  !

Chris

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General Mach Discussion / Probe normally open/close?

« on: December 16, 2007, 09:39:18 PM »

Hi guys I wired a probe into Mach3 today.

When I tested my probe I found that it needs
to be normally open. 

My probe is normally closed,

How and where do configure Mach to work with
this probe. 


Chris

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Welcome to SmoothStepper forum.

« on: December 16, 2007, 09:37:13 AM »

Greg take you time, if I had one here it would be 6 mouths before I could use it anyway!


Chris

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Welcome to SmoothStepper forum.

« on: December 16, 2007, 12:35:46 AM »

Trying to keep it from getting dusty! Any updates?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Changing tool offsets

« on: December 15, 2007, 05:20:20 PM »

So what you are saying is when I use the end of my edge finder as the master tool T#0
it's a wasted move?

I should start with T#1 and go from there?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Changing tool offsets

« on: December 15, 2007, 09:06:30 AM »

When you say datum are you talking about T#0?

I have an edge finder that stays in a holder
that I set my X0,Y0 and Z-T#0.

So I put my edge finder back in and rezero T#0?


Chris

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General Mach Discussion / Changing tool offsets

« on: December 14, 2007, 12:15:57 PM »

I making a part that uses 4 different tools.

The parts are ruffed out in a band saw.

The first tool is a flycutter to cleanup the part
and prep it for the other 3 tools.

After the flycutter makes it’s pass what it leaves
will be Z 0 for the other 3 tools.

Now for the question.

If the flycutter doesn’t cleanup the part on the first pass
and I need to take lets say another .010 to make it cleanup can I go to my offsets page and add .010 
to TOOL#1 and rerun the operation?

I am using a .375 dowel and rolling it under the tools
when setting them up.

T1 is always -.375

Or do I have to go threw the setup again setting

T#0
T#1
T#2
and so on.

Thanks for your time you guys are so much help!

Chris