[YorkyJD]

We have a record 110 which I am responsible for programing and am getting on great I just have on thing that occasionally catches me out, imagine trying to cut a squre hole in a piece of timber where the off cut is to small to catch so I would tend to make a number of passes producing sawdust until the hole is the required size. Now all works well until the tool diamete chages as a resharpen this obvioulsy affects how much i can remove on each pass.

Now the question is it possible to retrieve the diameter for the tool currently loaded into the spindle under xilog plus ? This would solve my problem,

Thanks in hope

JD

[mut]

yea you can mate.

theres a whole load of information you can call up about your tools,

on my record 100al, id use the following:
L VARNAME =(TOOL(102, 10))

that sets a variable called varname which has the diameter of tool 102

hope that helps.

tom

[dazzler]

The way we do it, is machine the square hole as a pocket. After a regrind measure the diameter and input those details into your tool file, usually it is a def file, then fixed tools. Hope taht helps.

[timberman]

you have to measure the tool diameter & enter it into your tool file so whats the problem

[jweinhold]

Make sure to leave some stock there and make a final pass using tool comp. C=1 or C=2. Pocketing does not use tool comp.