Tool Offsets are not proper

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yoda4Acorn
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Tool Offsets are not proper

Post by yoda4Acorn »

This is an odd one.
Everything APPEARs to be working.
I set up the touch probe as tool 10. I use the auto command function to set the length by touching the tool setter. It goes through the motions. I click to save the data.
I then use the functions to set Z zero to be the surface of a block of aluminum in the vise.
I remove the touch probe. I use the M6 T2 command to get a half inch endmill from the RapidChange ATC magazine.
It goes over, gets the tool, goes to the tool setter, does it thing and then waits.
I drive the spindle over to about the middle of the block I then jog the tool down toward the block to check the Z/tool length.
After some precision jogging, I determine that the tool tip is 0.075" higher than the DRO says it should be. That means when the DRO says it is at Z-0.060, it is actually 0.015" above the surface of the block.
I proceed to check all of the tools in the magazine. They are all 0.075" off.
I suspect a setting or a parameter somewhere that is getting applied to the tool offset process, but I haven't found it yet. It's too consistent to be random.
Need to solve this one as quickly as possible.
Thanks in advance for any help provided.

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Re: Tool Offsets are not proper

Post by cncsnw »

I then use the functions to set Z zero to be the surface of a block of aluminum in the vise.
When you did that, what number was in the "Tool Number" field on the Part Setup screen?

If it was not already 10, you would need to arrow over there and enter "10" for the tool number, before you press F4/Auto.


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