A few comments:
-Mach assumes that G54 is the default offset, so you don't need to put G54 in the command.
( assuming that a G54 exists and you didn't have a call for a different fixture offset like G55)
- I don't have switches on my lathe so i need to define a home position.
- If there is a G54 and you want to test the tool moving to the part zero at a feed rate then either G0 x0.0 Z0.0 or G01 X0.0 Z0.0 in the MDI
for a rapid move or move at a feed rate to part zero. Clicking the Home All will take you back to home.
- One can also set the feedrate in the input box on the screen
- One can change the tool in the MDI:
T0000 - will change to the master tool ( providing you defined tool #0 as the master)
T0101 - changes the tool to tool #1 and its offset
T0100 - changes the tool to tool #1 with the tool offset of the master tool
ALL THE TOOLS ARE RELATED TO THE MASTER TOOL AND ALSO RELATED TO EACH OTHER
When you first finish referencing your machine using the switches, you are at your home position ( open the fixtures and see if a G54 was created, if not, then you need to
define that position by setting Set Home X & Z). ......don't use the fancy gadgets here........ or move somehwere else and set home. Now if you touch off to the part
and set the x and z axis mach will change the G54 fixture offset.
I deliberately didn't say how to set a tool because everbody will do it differently, Hood machines a stock for setting the postion, some just move it near 0,0, and say good enough, if my microscope is attached i use it,
in the write up i used the "conventional " method which is described so often, the main point is that you need to set the master tool and and follow thru with the others. If i say anymore you may get confused......me too!
RICH