Re: Machining Tips!

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:06:18 +0000 (UTC), Black Dragon <bd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>Cliff wrote:
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>> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:18:41 +0000 (UTC), Black Dragon
<bd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>>>You have yet to explain what the difference between a fixture offset
and 
>>>a work coordinate system is in a CNC control. 
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>>   The "work offset" term is often misused for "tool length offsets"
>> in lathe applications these days.
>>   There would be two of them per tool position per turret (if
>> the lathe has at least one turret else just per tool); one axial
>> & one radial, both called as a set.
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>bwahaha. Thunk that up all by yourself did you? Your cluelessness about
>fixture and works offsets, as expected, is noted and discarded.

  <Snicker>
  From the perspective of a CAD/CAM or CAM system or a post
both fixture and lathe "work offsets" are called/invoked the same 
way.

  Lathe tool length offsets may be dealt with in several ways.

>Feel free to guess again.

  Now, about TNR comp & Tom's programing methods .. LOL ....
-- 
Cliff