Originally Posted by smittys800  Yea,
That is another thing I need to learn how to do. Only so much time |
In the time you wrote that, you could have looked in the manual and taught yourself sub-programs. For what you are trying to do, it really is that easy.
Call your tool, probably set your spindle speed
T1M6
all the normal crap S2000 M3
G54
M98 P1001 L1 (program #1001, repeat once).
G55
M98 P1001 L1
M5M9
return to home for a tool change or whatever.
Next tool, use program 1002.
O(oh)1001
CUT and paste what the tool does here, skip the normal start of tool crap, you've already done it, and just bring it up to a clearance plane at the end.
M99 instead of an M30 or a tool change.
I prefer to put the main program at the end of the file so that when you load it into the machine, thats the program ready to run.
There are a million things you can do with a sub, but what you are trying to do screams SUB, and is the simplest way to use them.
Take 10 minutes and figure it out.