Mfg_Engineer
Aluminum
- Joined
- Aug 21, 2009
- Location
- FL
All right, I need some info for benefits of gage line tool length offsets. I recently started a new gig and need to tighten up the milling department. Some of the guys are giving me the deer in the headlight look when I try to explain it. They are even running half of the machines with gage line offsets and the other half with what I call large negative offsets (touching off the part from reference home). They even own a Parlec presetter the use for checking run out only.
So in an effort to pre-stage jobs I want get everyone on the same page. I discussed that the tool is in relation to the machine not the part or some tool block. The ability to set tools on the presetter and keep the spindle making parts, but some are just a little harder to bring over to my way of thinking.
I was hoping that all you might have some good reasons pro or con. I like to
know both.
Thanks,
ME
So in an effort to pre-stage jobs I want get everyone on the same page. I discussed that the tool is in relation to the machine not the part or some tool block. The ability to set tools on the presetter and keep the spindle making parts, but some are just a little harder to bring over to my way of thinking.
I was hoping that all you might have some good reasons pro or con. I like to
know both.
Thanks,
ME