[chad123]

Hi all,

We have a Tl-1, have had it about 6 months and it mainly just gets used for little things here and there. I have to do a small run of parts and am in the process of building a gang tooling holder for it. I think I have this mostly figured out but have a question about work offsets.

I understand how to set the tool offsets on a one by one basis for a part but I can see how this would be a pain in the butt if you are using different stock lengths with different programs. Do you have to go and reset each tool offset every time you change what part you are making?

I was hoping that I could set a WORK offset and just change that and be good to go. I understand work offsets on the mill and maybe I am incorrect on how they work on the lathe.
I looked in the manual, but the lathe manual in my opinion is just about useless, especially when it comes to the tl-1.

Could someone please walk me through a simple gang tooling with work offsets setup? I think I am missing some part of the big picture.

Thanks!

Chad