Offset for tool radius?

[futnuh]

Ron, does this program account for the radius of the tool being used when calculating X and Y zero? I would naively have thought that the user would need to enter the tool diameter as part of this zeroing process ... and yet this doesn't appear to happen. Or do you correct for this manually after "zeroing"?

[tachoknight]

Actually, that's in the next version that I'm testing now; it will be automatic as it calculates the dimensions of the tool using the offsets on both sides of the plate. The only thing holding up progress is that I don't have unfettered access to the Shopbot to do the debugging...somebody's always coming in wanting to cut something ;).

[RoyBarrow]

I am interested in the math you are using to do the offset calculation. Any updates on this?

[tachoknight]

I'll be updating the code pretty soon; I got sidetracked by a bunch of unrelated stuff. Sorry about that.

[RoyBarrow]

I understand... I was attempting to figure out a way to calculate the radius of the cutter using the available data (x and y move distances) but I am a mental midget it appears... I think for me it might be easier to simply add an input box for cutter diameter !!!!

I was just wanting to know what the formula was going to be to get that...so I can slap my forehead!!!