[southernexplore]

I would like to modify the Mach 3 post to put an M0 before every tool change so I can manually change my tool. As it stands right now the post puts the semi colon (block delete) in front of the tool change and of course ignores the command.

[BurrMan]

Line 3 in your post processor. If you put an "M0" (in quotes) it will put it there everytime.

[dertsap]

alternately you can easily set mach to automatically stop at every m6

[BurrMan]

alternately you can easily set mach to automatically stop at every m6

I think thats what my brother does.

[The Engine Guy]

I would like to modify the Mach 3 post to put an M0 before every tool change so I can manually change my tool. As it stands right now the post puts the semi colon (block delete) in front of the tool change and of course ignores the command.

I did it a little differently, so here is an alternative for you.

The way I work the first tool is already in the spindle so I don`t want the M00 there, that`s a stop for no reason.
I have done it at the END of the feature and I have also coded in a "safe" position that moves the table back and away from the spindle so I have easier access to make the tool change, here is a sample of my code :-

N50M05 Spindle stop
N60M09 Coolant off
N70G28G91Z0 (Safe move, I have left this at just Z0, for safety reasons the X and Y moves would be on a seperate line as below
N80G28G91X**Y**(Optional X and Y safe position coordinates
N90M00 Machine stop for the tool change
N100M08 Re-start coolant
(CHAMFER1) Feature information
N110T4M6 Tool number information and M6 command for Mach to move to next line
(6mm CHAMFER) Tool type information
N120G90X102.81Y14.163S4000M3 Return to Absolute coordinate positioning and new Spindle speed commands

This works for me perfectly as I am a bit lazy and only have to change the tool and press cycle start on Mach without switching anything else on/off

Regards
Rob
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[southernexplore]

I think I have it set up like I want it now. I will test it for a few days and see how it goes.


Thanks for the help.