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Streamlining The Testing Of Offsets.(Column)

From: Modern Machine Shop  |  Date: 12/1/2000  |  Author: LYNCH, MIKE

In a previous column I gave some custom macro B techniques for testing offset values for correctness. But the previous column required that the cumbersome commands related to testing offset values be included within the main program. Additionally, the method shown assumed that all offsets will to be tested in the same manner. Here's a method that allows more explicit offset testing and can be commanded from within the CNC program.

The technique involves the use of parametric ...

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