I am trying to set up a boring bar on the gang plate side of my Slant Pro. I have a turret as well, just FYI.
I have the tool insert in a tool holder attached to the gang plate with the insert facing down. When I reset the tool, I enter the tool as I see the insert facing down from the options.
How to I touch off this tool on the part to set it in the tool settings?
When I setup a boring bar on my 8l I used a piece of sacrificial stock, manually bored a hole a little bigger then used the Touch X like any other tool.
You only have the one option for tool orientation and control point to set off of. I have a turret and gang tooling, and am trying to figure out where to touch off of for this particular boring bar staged in the gang tool block.
I misunderstood your initial question. I’ll poke around on the 15l when I have a sec
@Larry_Evans If you are running a Turret and Gang Plate, any tool on the gang plate would have to be tool number 9 or higher. It will default you to control point 3. Touch off the face of the part for Z, then touch off the ID of the predrilled bore for your X
I figured it out. The boring bar on the gang plate tool holder has to be insert down and touch X on the negative side of the work piece and enter the X value as a negative value.