hi, I need some help with tool nose radius compensation and am not quite understanding how it works on this machine. i am used to working on 4 axis hitachi seiki machines were for turning I just program what i see on the drawing and the machine works out the actual tool paths by reading tip radius value. I think I need to turn comp on by g41 and g42 codes but am not quite sure how to do this.

thanks for any help

wilko

If you like, I'll send a PDF file that explains this (too big to attach to this reply). What's your email address?