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seth.madore
in reply to: HughesTooling

So you would hope/expect that we allowed ID tools to be defined differently (for Tip Tangent points) than OD tools, when insert is set to neutral? I've been looking for a neutral insert aligned boring bar and coming up empty, could you link me one that you're using?

 


@HughesTooling wrote:

 

Been awhile since setting up a tool like that but I think when setting the tool on the lathe I've touched off using the corner of the tip then moved the Z half the measured width of the tool and set the tool Z zero. Done like this probably a bit more accurate as you measure the tip.

For ID and OD tools, I would also measure the distance on my optical comparator, touch off my tools and input the shift in my tool offsets.


Seth Madore
Customer Advocacy Manager - Manufacturing