Ok, just when i thought i had this machine figured out. I have a 1990 Vf1
"for a little while now".
I'm trying to set the tools on this machine from a standard location, so
I set all the tools on a two inch side of a 123 block on top of the vise. (negetive value from the reference point) using the set tools button.
Then I'll set part 0 on top of the part by touching a tool to the part, pushing the part zero button. this throws a positive number in the i.e. G54 z x.xx.
from the tool i touched off from I then add the negetive tool hight value to the positive g54 z x.xx. this is the z 0.0 point.. This is the number I insert in the g54 x.xx position using the F1 key.
I just finished a job where i had to add another tool, I touched off the tool to the 123 block like the other tools, and it was way off, (this is where my tool setting issues begin) i've now discovered that this tool is off the same ammount as the g54 z x.xx.
why would the tool hight setting be different once the g54 z x.xx value been set, shouldn't the tool settings be independent of the z coordinate setttings, then what happens with g58,56,57 ect.?