Wade C
Stainless
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2004
- Location
- Wiggins CO. USA
Spent yesterday trying to understand the workpiece location and offset stuff... and Im not getting it. So far - two parts the cut was good, but not in the right location.
I think Im battling this a bit because I have two other machines (okuma lathe with absolute encoders and Fadal and use the setup "wizard"), and worpiece locating is different on both... and Im thinking that knowing those two machines is interjecting confusion here. On top of that, I was so focused on listening when he was going through it, I failed to write it down... and yeah... well I have a good memory... just short.
The program that the guy that came out over the weekend to help educate me some wrote, Is written in a way, that makes sense to me... though different than I would do it if it were say on the fadal.
Epak, fill tank, circ on machining on, adaptive control on, etc
G90 G0 X0 Y0 position
G92 X0Y0 reset x and y as sort of a safety thing (is what he told me)
G00 X-.1 Y-.575
....profile....
M21 Cut wire - doesnt cut slug completely free
G0 X0 Y0
M2
He wasnt using any work offsets (g54 etc) in the program, going by my interpretation/memory, basically he was setting X0Y0, moving off the part a bit, and then run the program. Ive tried that, the best I could remember, and it and it seems the error in location is the amount its moved off the part prior to starting.
Ive tried a number of different ways of setting the offset... enough ways, that Im having a hard time remembering the different ways Ive tried.
Is there any chance that someone might have the time to walk me through setting the program position on the machine... in "layman's" or "idiot's" terms?
Ive read every section of the book that talks about edge finding, work piece positioning... and in each section... it makes sense right up til the end, where you tell the control something. In one case, I go through the locate edge, and it says "enter X&Y - input" - but Im sitting here looking at it, thinking... I only did X.. so I dont have a Y, and what X&Y do I enter? The Mach Coord? the desired X&Y for the location? And it just confuses the heck out of me.
Im still reading, and when I get time later today once the other machines are running, Ill go back to tinkering... but thought it might be worth asking here.
Sorry if this seems like a dumb question... apparently my skull is just a little thicker than I thought...
Thanks
Wade
I think Im battling this a bit because I have two other machines (okuma lathe with absolute encoders and Fadal and use the setup "wizard"), and worpiece locating is different on both... and Im thinking that knowing those two machines is interjecting confusion here. On top of that, I was so focused on listening when he was going through it, I failed to write it down... and yeah... well I have a good memory... just short.
The program that the guy that came out over the weekend to help educate me some wrote, Is written in a way, that makes sense to me... though different than I would do it if it were say on the fadal.
Epak, fill tank, circ on machining on, adaptive control on, etc
G90 G0 X0 Y0 position
G92 X0Y0 reset x and y as sort of a safety thing (is what he told me)
G00 X-.1 Y-.575
....profile....
M21 Cut wire - doesnt cut slug completely free
G0 X0 Y0
M2
He wasnt using any work offsets (g54 etc) in the program, going by my interpretation/memory, basically he was setting X0Y0, moving off the part a bit, and then run the program. Ive tried that, the best I could remember, and it and it seems the error in location is the amount its moved off the part prior to starting.
Ive tried a number of different ways of setting the offset... enough ways, that Im having a hard time remembering the different ways Ive tried.
Is there any chance that someone might have the time to walk me through setting the program position on the machine... in "layman's" or "idiot's" terms?
Ive read every section of the book that talks about edge finding, work piece positioning... and in each section... it makes sense right up til the end, where you tell the control something. In one case, I go through the locate edge, and it says "enter X&Y - input" - but Im sitting here looking at it, thinking... I only did X.. so I dont have a Y, and what X&Y do I enter? The Mach Coord? the desired X&Y for the location? And it just confuses the heck out of me.
Im still reading, and when I get time later today once the other machines are running, Ill go back to tinkering... but thought it might be worth asking here.
Sorry if this seems like a dumb question... apparently my skull is just a little thicker than I thought...
Thanks
Wade