![]() ![]() Not sure how you could make your CAM software handle that for you. I usually try to make my turret changes happen as close to the work as my nerves and common sense will allow. Not to mention the unnecessary wear on the machine. In production that is a huge waste of time. (Not including mill-turns) I see youtube vids where the lathe is sent all the way home for every turret rotation. I'll reiterate that there also is no set tool change position on a lathe. ![]() There is no such thing as an M6 tool change on a lathe, so don't bother there. Only got a couple years under my belt on a CNC one. Hi Andrew, I'm not super versed yet on lathes. About anywhere works, as long as you're not going to crash into anything.Īs far as your startup code problem, you'd have to share some code so we could see what's up. But even on a lathe I would not consider there to be "a" tool change position. On a lathe you have to be much more concerned about where the turret is before spinning to a new tool. The only time I ever take control of where the machine is before a tool change, is if there is fixturing inside the machine that is large or tall or both and needs to be sent clear of the tool changer movements. 99% of the time I do no prep at all from the previous tools finish position and go straight to M6. Z axis to tool change position, coolant off, spindle stop, you name it. When you do an M6 tool change, the machine tool builder, if they have any sense at all, will have all the moves needed built into the M6 call to do a successful tool change. Maybe things are different with your machine, but I have never run a machine (vertical mill) where I had to worry about programing the machine to go to the tool change position before a tool change. ![]()
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