Haas Diameter offset and spindle speed parameters

[speedboarder9]

Greetings all! My pops and I were playing with his new toy, a TM1, and found out that the "Diameter offset" parameter is set to read a Diameter. While I understand why this is done this way and why people prefer it... we're old school and used to all of our Mori's at the big shop. How do we change the parameter so that we enter the radius of the tool on the offset page instead of the diameter.

Also, where is the parameter to change the Max RPM of the spindle, we have the code to change it but I don't know where to enter it.

Thanks in advance.

[eaglemike]

re: radius vs diameter
Push the settings button, the page down until you see it. It's likely also in the manual.Get the cursor to the setting. IIRC you just use the right button arrow to toggle it, then press the "write" button to accept the new setting.

[txcncman]

From the Haas manual:

Cutter compensation is a method of shifting the tool path so that the actual
centerline of the tool is moved to either the left or right of the programmed path.
Normally cutter compensation is programmed to shift the tool in order to control
feature size. The offset display is used to enter the amount that the tool is to be
shifted. The offset can be entered as either a diameter or radius value, depending
on setting 40, for both the geometry and wear values. If diameter is specified,
the shift amount is half of the value entered. The effective offset values
are the sum of the geometry and wear values. Cutter compensation is only
available in the X-axis and the Y-axis for 2D machining (G17). For 3D machining,
cutter compensation is available in the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis (G141).

All I had to do it take the time to look. So much information in a manual. Amazing.

[miller04]

try setting 40

[speedboarder9]

Thanks guys. I'll check setting 40. I obviously overlooked that when scrolling through the settings page.