cuttergrinder
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2007
- Location
- Salem,Ohio
how do most guys position a lathe turret with fanuc for a tool change on a long lathe. Our recently purchased lathe has about 12' of z travel. I realize you can use G28 but that will send it all the way home. If I am working on a part in the chuck say 8" long what should I use to position the turret for tool changes. Ive read you can use a G53 with an X and Z value but why is this better than just using a G00. I realize the G53 is in relation to the machine coordinates and the G00 will be in relation to the part coordinates but I would think you would want to index the turret in relation to the part rather than the machine coordinates. I realize this is probably a dumb question but I am used to mazatrol. It always positions the turret for a tool change according the longest tool automatically.