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  1. #1
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    Parking the lower turret

    I'm wondering what the best way is to get the lower turret out of the way for a pick-up to the sub-spindle. I tried to use the park command, and I can get the lower turret to move out of the way, but it just jumps back to the center. How can I get it to stay put? I'm not using it for anything in this case, whether that's a factor or not I don't know.

    Thanks in advance for any tips.

    Dan
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  2. #2
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    Does the code look good when the lower turret moves out of the way? It could be the home position in the machine define setup is not correct.

  3. #3
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    Problem solved. I needed to define an empty tool in the lower turret and make sure the tool change position equaled "none".

    Thanks,

    Dan
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  4. #4
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    thats right it needs a dummy tool

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