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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Tool Offsets are not proper
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Re: Tool Offsets are not proper
When you did that, what number was in the "Tool Number" field on the Part Setup screen?I then use the functions to set Z zero to be the surface of a block of aluminum in the vise.
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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