TL-1 tool setting in gang tool mode
Sure wish some genius would write a "Haas for Dummies" book. I'd be first in line to buy one.
I have a gang tool set up I built for my Dorian toolpost, using Omniturn tool holders. For the life of me I can not get my tool offsets correct. I switched over to "gang" mode as per some other threads I've read here. I have 3 tools set up. One is a multiple grooving tool, one is a drill bit, and one is a turning tool to chamfer the front edge after the grooving is complete.
I've tried the individual tools in the IPS system, one at a time, but no joy. The tools are all over the place. I can find nothing in the manual about gang set ups. Called Haas today for a better manual, but no such luck.
My pea brain must have missed something somewhere. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a gang tool set up? Especially would like to know how to set up a center application tool / drillbit.
Any help will be much appreciated! Joe
How to find the 200 offsets?
Thanks for the help gentlemen. How does one access the 200 additional offsets? I looked thru the entire Haas manual online per WallyL7's link, and could not find how to access them.
My TL-1 is a 2006 machine. Perhaps it doesn't have the extra offsets? Not sure.
The Haas manual that came with my machine is written for a CNC full turret machine mainly, and really could use some improvement for the TL machines, as could the new manual I read today.
The manual that came with my machine seems like they had the floor sweeper guys write it in their spare time. It's really very poorly written in my opinion.
I downloaded a PDF operator's manual for an Omniturn machine today. What a difference! It explains tool set ups much more thoroughly than the Haas manual, so it's been a big help to me.
Thanks very much! Joe
www.cnc.forengineers.com ?????
Thanks for all the suggestions fellows. I'm still real green on the TL-1, but learning! Only crashed it once. I wish the dead man switch had a longer cord; it would actually be useful then.
The CNC for Engineers link seems like a general sales page for a whole bunch of different stuff. Am I missing something? Where is the book? It says the domain name expired on 3/25/11 for that site.
I've managed to get a few items machined out of Delrin and drill rod. Here's a U-Tube video I put up showing my first gang tool item; machining the tool body for one of the tools I manufacture for a S&W revolver. Quite a rudimentary set up for sure, but it worked, and beat the old manual lathe hands down. Pardon my narrators skills; he got stage fright!
The second video shows the completed tool in use. I used a gang tool set up to machine the tapered tool head end for a recent batch of these tools. It cut a 10° tapered end on 3/16" drill rod very nicely. Beats doing it manually any day.
http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=Hz2A6zCKfR4
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Thanks again for all the help! Joe