Made the chamfer move, increased X to where I could see what was going on. Now to figure out those offest.....
Hi all,
Now that you helped me get the machine running, I've been going through the program manuals and making moves. I can't seem to make a G01 move in X & Z axis , like a 45 deg cut. It will traverse simultaniously in G00. For example: Going from memory here on the program I have been editing
G00 X10 Z12 G95 G96 T00 S1000 F0.003; START POSITON
T0100;TOOL SELECT
X6 Z6 T0101; RAPID WITH OFFSET
G01 Z5; CUT IN Z DIRECTION @ Feed
X6.5 Z6.5; CUT A 45 DEG CHAMFER. The tool only moves in the Z direction.
Is this common, am I doing somthing wrong (working off my limited mill programming) or are non linear moves all done with G codes?
I am also looking for the location of the Tool data and offset info. Right now I call up a tool and make a hopefully safe move and take some measurements.
Thanks,
HMC
Made the chamfer move, increased X to where I could see what was going on. Now to figure out those offest.....
My "faulty" linear xz move was an illusion. I could see the dro indicate movement in both directions, I could not see it. (Was not cutting a part, just watching) The default programming is Diameter for Z and I'm stuck on my Acad XY system so I had to double my X moves to get where I needed. Anyway, success! made my first part by hunt & peck method and fudging the moves by an offset value to get the tool where I needed it. Still need to work on that learning curve. Also trying to get tailstock to move in and out. The chuck opens and closes like it should and I assume the control would allow the chuck or tailstock to be commanded manually. Thanks again for all the help, maybe today I'll run it at 100% speed
HMC710