Hi Cory,
Thanks for taking the time to offer your valued input.
Yes, 4 to 5 inches sounds a lot better than 12 inches from the edge.
I'd say wait till power-up, see how far you can move it out with your table at maximum travel in the x axis, and still have enough room to measure your largest tools. |
Question #1: When you set the tool height on a shell mill does the machine move the X or the Y axis to center the cutting inserts over the tool setting probe during the setting process?
Question #2: It is my understanding that you can probe the height of the tool and also check the diameter. Is that where you need the extra offset from the end of the table to make sure the tool setter can circle the tool and take measurements on all 4 sides? I think it looked at all 4 sides maybe just 3 sides? Guess I should have paid better attention during the demo.
I guess the issue I have is that I am new to CNC and as of yet don't have a lot of tooling and don't know what would be a good offset measurement from the end of the X travel to use. Keep in mind this is a TM-1P and I am not sure what the tooling size limits of the machine are at this time.
Thanks,
John