At 06:56 PM 12/4/2008, you wrote: >On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 06:45:47PM -0600, Jeff Epler wrote: > > emc has an X tool offset for lathes, but doesn't presently have a Y tool > > offset. > >Jeff is exactly right. If you could align them in Y, so you can get >by with just X/Z or X/W offsets, you'd be set.
U,V,W How much would it take to make a machine that had X,Y,Z as physical axies and U,V as axies only within the control the position values of which get added to X and Y at some easy point in the software. Then when you wanted to switch to the second spindle you have a block with the words (U10.058 V2.031) in it, and to switch back to the main spindle (U0.0 V0.0). ______________ Andre' B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
