New to cnc and picked up a 1999 Fadal 3016 with 4,xxx hrs. Nice machine.
Issue that I am having is setting the tool length to the fixture. Actually there are two issues, the second being how to delete a fixture. The previous owner had a fixture as No 1, I don't know how to delete it.
I have set a tool in the spindle, jog to set length (off-sets on diameter are good) and then go to program the job. I used a .500 gauge block and tried both + and - offsets.
I have used both G55 and E2 for the fixture offset. Handjam Z+0.500 G0 G55 after setting the X/Y axis. The Fadal is set on Format 2.
Z axis goes way down below the fixture height, like down below the surface plane of the table if I let it.
I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong on this particular tool off-set.
I tried endmills and drill. Both have been a serious pain.
To wrap it up.
-How do you delete a fixture
-How do you set the tool length with a gauge block and make it stop above the fixture
Thanks,
Issue that I am having is setting the tool length to the fixture. Actually there are two issues, the second being how to delete a fixture. The previous owner had a fixture as No 1, I don't know how to delete it.
I have set a tool in the spindle, jog to set length (off-sets on diameter are good) and then go to program the job. I used a .500 gauge block and tried both + and - offsets.
I have used both G55 and E2 for the fixture offset. Handjam Z+0.500 G0 G55 after setting the X/Y axis. The Fadal is set on Format 2.
Z axis goes way down below the fixture height, like down below the surface plane of the table if I let it.
I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong on this particular tool off-set.
I tried endmills and drill. Both have been a serious pain.
To wrap it up.
-How do you delete a fixture
-How do you set the tool length with a gauge block and make it stop above the fixture
Thanks,