machineshop:tormach_tool_table [Rochester Makerspace]

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====== Tormach Mill Tool Table ======

Tool numbers, lengths, and diameters for the Tormach metal CNC mill, copied from a PathPilot tool-table export.

PathPilot uses this list when a program calls a tool (''T1 M6'', and so on). The **Z offset** is the tool length in inches, so the Z zero on the part stays put after a tool change. The **diameter** is the cutter width in inches. Conversational programming and cutter compensation both use it.

**Exported:** 23 September 2026, 09:03 (file marked ''v1'')

**Spreadsheet edited:** 9 October 2026 by Donald Boerschlein (''tooltable-mill-2026-Sep-23_Modify_DRB_10_09_2026.xlsx'')

<WRAP important round>
This is a copy of that file. It is not a live reading of the machine. If a cutter has been swapped, touched off again, or removed since 9 October 2026, trust the tool in the holder and the table on the controller, then update this page.
</WRAP>

===== What the numbers mean =====

  * **Tool number** is the number PathPilot and G-code use for that cutter.
  * **Description** is the name stored in PathPilot. Shorthand is listed under the table.
  * **Z offset** is the tool length in inches. A larger number is a longer tool. **0 means the length was never set.** Running that tool against a part Z zero will not cut where the program expects.
  * **Diameter** is the cutter diameter in inches. **0 means the diameter was never set.**

Values below are inches, as stored in the export, rounded to four decimal places.

===== Tools =====

^ Tool ^ PathPilot description ^ Z offset (in) ^ Diameter (in) ^ Notes ^
| 1 | flat 2FL R0 loc1.5 HSS dia:0.500 loc:1.500 | 3.3370 | 0.5000 | 1/2" 2-flute flat HSS, 1.5" length of cut |
| 2 | endmill 2fl loc:1.000 hss | 3.3360 | 0.4970 | Stored diameter is 0.497", not 0.500" |
| 3 | flat 4FL R0 loc:1.920 HSS | 4.0070 | 0.4640 | Description does not name a size. Stored diameter is 0.464" |
| 4 | flat 2fl r0 loc:1.100 hss | 0.9370 | 0.2580 | Z offset is much shorter than the other end mills. Confirm the touch-off before use |
| 5 | 6 fl hss chamfer | 2.7355 | 0.4000 | Chamfer mill |
| 6 | 2 fl hss flat | 2.7255 | 0.2600 | Description does not name a size. Stored diameter is 0.260" |
| 7 | flat mill 2fl carb | 3.6860 | 0.4750 | Carbide. Description does not name a size |
| 8 | FacingTool | 0 | 3.7500 | Length is not set |
| 11 | 2f endmill | 1.0000 | 0.0020 | Diameter of 0.002" and a Z offset of exactly 1. Treat this as leftover test data until someone measures a real cutter |
| 19 | 1/8" 2fl flat mill hss | 0.3150 | 0.1230 | Stored diameter is 0.123031" (3.125 mm), short of a true 1/8" (0.125") |
| 20 | Edge Finder | 3.6880 | 0.2000 | |
| 21 | 3/8 flat End Mill | 0 | 0.1875 | Name says 3/8" (0.375"). Stored diameter is 3/16" (0.1875"). Length is not set |
| 22 | 3/16 Ball End Mill | 0 | 0.1875 | Diameter matches the 3/16" name. Length is not set |
| 98 | Haimer | 0 | 0 | Length and diameter are not set |
| 99 | Tormach Pasive Probe | 0 | 0 | Spelled that way in PathPilot. Length and diameter are not set |

Slots **9, 10, 12–18, and 100–107** are empty in the export (no description, length 0, diameter 0).

===== Description shorthand =====

  * **fl / FL** — number of flutes
  * **R0 / r0** — square end (corner radius 0)
  * **loc** — length of cut
  * **HSS** — high speed steel
  * **carb** — carbide
  * **dia** — diameter

===== Holder notes on tools 12 and 13 =====

These two notes were typed into an extra spreadsheet column. PathPilot does not have a tool-holder column, and both descriptions are still blank. Both notes end in a question mark, so confirm them at the machine:

  * **Tool 12** — "TTS-ER20??" (Tormach Tooling System holder, ER20 collet chuck)
  * **Tool 13** — "TTS-JT6 with 5/8" Drill Chuck?" (TTS holder with a Jacobs taper drill chuck)

===== Putting this file back into PathPilot =====

The first row of the export has to stay the first row, and its first three cells have to stay as exported:

  * ''Mill Tool Table''
  * the original timestamp and ''v1''
  * ''This must be the first row - do not edit''

The "Tool Holder" label and the notes on tools 12 and 13 sit outside those columns. They are spreadsheet notes. They are not controller data.