We just bought a Toyoda milling machine with a Fanuc 18i controller and I feel there should be an easier way of setting the tool length offsets. At present, we are calling up tool 1, manually inserting the tool, bring it down to work piece and set off, input number into offset, then minus the gage block, calling up tool 2 and repeating. All this while going by all the safety door switches which we have bypassed, so we need to put the safety switch "in" when we call up tools and jog machine around, but pull the switch "out" when we want to put tool in spindle manually. So you can understand that setting 10 tools can be a real pain in the neck. So my dumb question... is there a built in tool setting cycle that you can tell controller you are setting 10 tools and your gage block is 1.00" and then just cycle through it? (we have a few Fadals and that is how their tool setting cycle works). Any help will be very much appreciated. I know we are only scratching the surface what this controller can do, but we are learning the hard way. Naturally trying to call anyone for support is waste of time, 100% of the time you get voice mail and 80% of the time they never call you back. So looking for the experts here to help me out.
Thanks for all you help