Oh, that is bad. I have only worked with a couple of heidenhein
controls and never felt they were too good. But it seems as though
you have a system in place to make it work for you so thats cool.
Chris
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Mawson" <andrew@m...>
wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing"
> <lcdpublishing@y...> wrote:
> > ANdrew,
> >
> > Sorry if this has already been asked/covered, but are you using
> these
> > drills on a CNC machine? If so, does that machine have tool
length
> > offsets?
> >
> > If so, wouldn't it be easier to measure the tool length and
change
> the
> > offset than to change the physical length of the tool to match
the
> > offset?
> >
> > I am just starting to tinker with PCBs on my CNC router so I am
> just
> > trying to grasp the overall process that others are doing with
PCBs
> > and CNC machines.
> >
> > Chris
>
> Chris,
>
> Yes it's a Bridgeport Interact 1 using a Heidenhain TNC151
controller
> (1987 vintage), and although tool offsets can easily be set at the
> time
> the code is generated they cannot be set 'on the fly' for programs
> longer than the memory can hold, which have to be 'drip fed', it's
> also
> a problem when a drill breaks and another has to be inserted
> having 'paused'.
>
> AWEM