My current Haas mini mill does not have a tool setter or probe.
I am manually checking both my tool lengths and my stock offsets off my table height on the machine, and that has always worked well for me.
I recently purchased a Haas DM-2 ( Pre- NG controller ) that does have a wireless probe and tool setter, so my plan was to stick with my normal measuring whereby everything is measured off the table height.
This is a used machine, so the previous owner had the measuring set up different than what I am use to.
I thought it would make sense to stick with a consistent way of measuring both the tools and the stock to avoid mistakes in my CAM workflow
in doing some testing it looks like the figure that I need to deduct from my measurement from the tool setter is -20.8891
So here would be an example of measuring 1/4 flat end mill with my tool setter
The tool setter measures the tool at a length of 3.7373
3.7373 Minus 20.8891 gives me the 17.1518" which is the measurement from my table to the bottom of the end mill.
For now, I will make that adjustment each time after measuring the tool, but it would sure be nice to have that adjustment calculated automatically.
So my question is: what code would I need to add / change on my probing in order for this to adjust this automatically?
If there is another way to accomplish this I'm open to any suggestions...
Thanks,
Kent
I am manually checking both my tool lengths and my stock offsets off my table height on the machine, and that has always worked well for me.
I recently purchased a Haas DM-2 ( Pre- NG controller ) that does have a wireless probe and tool setter, so my plan was to stick with my normal measuring whereby everything is measured off the table height.
This is a used machine, so the previous owner had the measuring set up different than what I am use to.
I thought it would make sense to stick with a consistent way of measuring both the tools and the stock to avoid mistakes in my CAM workflow
in doing some testing it looks like the figure that I need to deduct from my measurement from the tool setter is -20.8891
So here would be an example of measuring 1/4 flat end mill with my tool setter
The tool setter measures the tool at a length of 3.7373
3.7373 Minus 20.8891 gives me the 17.1518" which is the measurement from my table to the bottom of the end mill.
For now, I will make that adjustment each time after measuring the tool, but it would sure be nice to have that adjustment calculated automatically.
So my question is: what code would I need to add / change on my probing in order for this to adjust this automatically?
If there is another way to accomplish this I'm open to any suggestions...
Thanks,
Kent