ACU-RITE Micro-Line M - Manual (Page 27)

Running a Bolthole Pattern
• Press the BOLT USE key. "HOLE" will
appear on the X-axis display. The number of
the first hole to be milled will appear on the
Y-axis display. (To select a different hole,
refer to the note on the next page.)
• MICRO-LINE will display the distance to the hole you’ve chosen.
Move the table until the X- and Y-axes both read “0.” Drill the first
hole.
• Press the BOLT USE key again. Move the table until the X- and
Y-axes read “0.” Drill the second hole. Repeat the procedure for
each hole in the pattern.
To run a bolthole pattern:
When you run a bolthole pattern, MICRO-LINE always assumes that you
want to start with the first hole. It will display “Hole 1,” and then the
distance to the hole from your tool’s current position. Move the table
until it reaches 0, 0. After you’ve drilled the hole, press the
BOLT USE
key again, and “Hole 2” will appear. Move the table to “0,” drill the
hole and continue with the rest of the pattern. If you want to start at a
different place in the pattern, press
BOLT USE followed by the number
of the hole you want to begin with.
Notice that the system automatically switches to the incremental mode
whenever you run a pattern. That’s because the system is using incre-
mental presets (pg. 17) to measure from one hole to another. As with
any preset, you can find the current hole’s location by moving the table
until the displays for both the X- and Y-axes read “0.”
After you’ve completed the operation, you may either keep the readout
in the incremental mode or press the
ABS/INCR key to switch to
absolute measurements.
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