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vtsteam:
Nice to see, Andrew! :thumbup:

:beer: Steve

lordedmond:
Well done Andrew

Bring a beast like this from the brink is no mean feat have a drink on me

Stuart

PekkaNF:

--- Quote from: awemawson on July 12, 2013, 03:32:42 AM ---.....Just need to arrange a farm sitter for a couple of days - any volunteers ?

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I did that couple of summers when I was very young....but I am pretty far away.

Concratulations of the swarf. You had all guards in place?

Pekka

awemawson:
Thanks one and all for the encouragement.

I'm trying to work round this tool setting issue: What is supposed to happen is that you move the tool tip under the graticule of an in built microscope, press a special button, and it transfers an 'offset' value for X&Z position into the tool table for that tool. It does transfer a value, but it is scaled in microns not millimeters which results in values too large for the other bits of the program to accept by a factor of 1000. Not confirmed this but I suspect also it is not allowing for X being a diameter not a radius thus it's 2000 times too big. (Later update: no this was not the case, I was getting double offsets as I had a G55 work offset asserted)

By using the graticule, and doing the maths myself I'm getting what seem to be reasonable tool offsets but I need to do more work on it before I'm sufficiently confident to let tools anywhere close to collets and work pieces under program control.

AdeV:
That would have to be a machine parameter, one presumes? Maybe your up-coming visit to Brum will help clear that one up? Or maybe even worth phoning the manufacturer, perhaps they will be able to tell you which parameter(s) to alter?

Video looks good BTW, will be intersting to see how the camera copes when it's doused in soluble oil... can't wait to see the thing making something complicated (a steel baluster perhaps...?)

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