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5X Pocketing


So not a Guru
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34 minutes ago, So not a Guru said:

My 1st time trying to use the new 5X pocketing path. I keep getting this error, is it the case that reduced shaft tools cannot be used with this path?

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It's complaining about your shoulder diameter no? Is it set to zero?

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6 minutes ago, byte me said:

It's complaining about your shoulder diameter no? Is it set to zero?

No, the shoulder on this 3/8" dia. tool is the 0.35" reduced shank. If I use a straight bullnose it works. The trouble is that I want to use the reduced shank tool that has CTS. Something seems screwy, but I'm not sure what it is.

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1 hour ago, Aaron Eberhard - CNC Software said:

I just tried it a with a few different tools with different reduced shanks, and didn't have any problems? 

Maybe I'm defining the tool incorrectly. I've always defined them this way, but I may not have used one in this type of path before. Found a different way to skin this cat though.

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without seeing a file I think I would suggest making the shoulder dia of the tool .0001" bigger or smaller and regenerate. sometimes i have found with tool errors that making just a very subtitle change to the tool parameters like that will fix issues

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