Having a little trouble grasping a few concepts and it seems anything I read is practically in a foreign language.
I am primarily using my cnc lathe as of now with the help of mach 3 wizards doing simple turning, facing and grooving functions. I am having trouble understanding the difference between the main DRO on the top left of mach 3 and the DRO that says work coordinates. I
I understand the concept of putting a piece of stock in the chuck, taking off a thin slice and measuring the diameter to get your x-axis coordinates and the farthest face of the chuck is the z-0. But I am not sure which coordinates these are. Couldnt one find the exact center of the x axis and set that to zero, then you could just measure the stock diameter without taking a cut.
If someone has a good reference where these concepts are explained plainly, that would be much appreciated. I feel once I get a grasp on setting the coordinates correctly and tool offsets, things will make more sense. I appreciate any help
I am primarily using my cnc lathe as of now with the help of mach 3 wizards doing simple turning, facing and grooving functions. I am having trouble understanding the difference between the main DRO on the top left of mach 3 and the DRO that says work coordinates. I
I understand the concept of putting a piece of stock in the chuck, taking off a thin slice and measuring the diameter to get your x-axis coordinates and the farthest face of the chuck is the z-0. But I am not sure which coordinates these are. Couldnt one find the exact center of the x axis and set that to zero, then you could just measure the stock diameter without taking a cut.
If someone has a good reference where these concepts are explained plainly, that would be much appreciated. I feel once I get a grasp on setting the coordinates correctly and tool offsets, things will make more sense. I appreciate any help