The "What I learned recently" thread.

Weetabix · Post by **Weetabix** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:24 pm

When you apply a password to a laptop so the kids won't keep using it instead of using their own, make sure you don't typo the password when setting it , or the kids will laugh at you as you try to log back into the &@$% machine.

MarkD · Post by **MarkD** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:36 pm

Not recent, but true:

When called upon to trouble-shoot a computer program that crashed due to a numeric overflow error (in a nutshell, the number got too big for the field storing it, like trying to put the number 10,000 in a four-digit field), and the field in question is a four-digit page number on the error report, the size of the page number REALLY isn't your problem. But you (the programmer) will be told to expand the page number anyway.

You see, 600,000 errors in the days transmission file isn't a problem, but the fact that the page number is too small is.

HTRN · Post by **HTRN** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:12 pm

Cobar wrote:I learned that a T code is executed after a G code on the same line. At least on a Haas GT-10.

AFAIK it's the same for all Haas controlled machines.

Cobar · Post by **Cobar** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:10 pm

HTRN wrote:
Cobar wrote:I learned that a T code is executed after a G code on the same line. At least on a Haas GT-10.
AFAIK it's the same for all Haas controlled machines.

All I have worked with so far is a GT-10 and a TL-1 (and the TL-1 has no turret), but yeah it should work the same across the board.

HTRN · Post by **HTRN** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:18 pm

What we used to do, at least with the mills, was have a standard bit of code whenever there was a tool change, specifying tool #, offset #, Speed, G40, G90, etc. Basically it would reset everything back to absolute positioning, cancel cutter compensation, etc. It cut down on the accidents.

Cobar · Post by **Cobar** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:59 pm

HTRN wrote:What we used to do, at least with the mills, was have a standard bit of code whenever there was a tool change, specifying tool #, offset #, Speed, G40, G90, etc. Basically it would reset everything back to absolute positioning, cancel cutter compensation, etc. It cut down on the accidents.

He was in the middle of setting the offsets. Tried to switch tools then move it to a certain coord. to check if he had it correct (using MDI) but it moved first with the previous tools offsets then switched slamming the tool in to the chuck.

Cybrludite · Post by **Cybrludite** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:53 am

Today I relearned that one of my housemates is unclear on the difference between a dryer & a dresser.

AZMARK · Post by **AZMARK** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:46 am

I recently learned that Europeans use brown, blue, and geen-yellow for power instead of black, white, green or black, red, white. The brown wire is not your friend.

Jered · Post by **Jered** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:15 am

Cybrludite wrote:Today I relearned that one of my housemates is unclear on the difference between a dryer & a dresser.

Makes me glad I've got my own place.

Cobar · Post by **Cobar** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:48 am

Cybrludite wrote:Today I relearned that one of my housemates is unclear on the difference between a dryer & a dresser.

You would think that the after the first time the dresser didn't dry the clothes they would catch on.

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