Hey guys wondering if its possible to call a new tool offset without doing a toolchange on a lathe?
Trying to figure out best practice for toolchange position on a haas lathe. Im used to Mazak lathes figuring this out for me automatically. Just watched a video on how using a g53 position can work better then homing the machine with G28. But if you decide you need to make an adjustment to toolchange position you need to edit program in bunch of places. seems like a mess.
Was thinking I could just use a work offset to go to a safe toolchange position? Be very easy to adjust toolchange position on the fly then. Say g59 for example. This will also read tool offset, so would need to call some unused tool offset first. Something like this:
G28 G0 U0. (home X)
Call some unused tool offset without toolchange
G0 G59 Z0. (move to G59 position)
G54
M6 T0202 (toolchange in safe position)
How can I do this? Any other suggestions?
Trying to figure out best practice for toolchange position on a haas lathe. Im used to Mazak lathes figuring this out for me automatically. Just watched a video on how using a g53 position can work better then homing the machine with G28. But if you decide you need to make an adjustment to toolchange position you need to edit program in bunch of places. seems like a mess.
Was thinking I could just use a work offset to go to a safe toolchange position? Be very easy to adjust toolchange position on the fly then. Say g59 for example. This will also read tool offset, so would need to call some unused tool offset first. Something like this:
G28 G0 U0. (home X)
Call some unused tool offset without toolchange
G0 G59 Z0. (move to G59 position)
G54
M6 T0202 (toolchange in safe position)
How can I do this? Any other suggestions?