This article reviews the basics of coordinate systems and machine programming as a basis for presetting tools. The process for setting tool offsets is described with an explanation of the G-codes involved. In an accompanying article, the author tells how his company built its own presetter.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 1999-06-01
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/ready-preset-go/
Legacy path: /articles/ready-preset-go