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Just wondering how many other shops out there don't run their Mazak lathes with chuck or tailstock barriers active. I definitely can see the upside to using them but have found that for me they get in the way more than they help.
When are you having problems with them?
Are you setting your tool offsets, program offsets and chuck data properly?
You can use your barrier cancel Soft-key when you're boring jaws and other such ops.
Like ManualEd stated, once you have the barrier system figured out it's pretty straightforward.
I know how to use the barriers but have just gotten used to verifying any tool collisions manually before I run a program. We also have a couple of Fanuc lathes that dont have the luxury of barriers so I guess its just habit to read the program and dial over to check clearance.
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