Hi all

I'm getting to gross with a Haas mini mill, and am trying to wrap my head around tool offsets. I think I understand it reasonably now, but I have a question:

If I set all my tool z offsets, then run a part with G54 WCS, all is well. If I then run a different part, all I need to do is re-find my origin point to enter as G54. The mill then knows where all the tools are in relation to the new part. What happens if I break a tool, or decide I need a new tool? How do I set the tool offset for that new tool, since the part in the vise has different dimensions from when I originally set my tool offsets?

The only thing I can think of (which I thought of while writing this), is to ONLY set my tool offsets based on something that doesn't move with part changes - a point on the vise, or a block mounted elsewhere on the table. Would that be "correct"? Or is there a different way to do this?

Thanks in advance

Lee



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