{"id":433,"date":"2026-08-03T13:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki2\/?p=433"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:37:50","slug":"automatic-tool-turret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/cnc-machining\/haas-st-15y-lathe\/machine-operation-haas-st-15y-lathe\/433\/automatic-tool-turret\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatic Tool Turret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our machine has a 12-station hybrid turret with 6 Bolt-On-Tool (BOT) positions and 6 VDI-40 positions. The VDI positions in the image above are the ones with the red protective plastic caps and can be loaded with either static turning tools, drills\/boring tools, or live tools like endmills and drills.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Danger of machine damage<\/div>
Operate the tool turret only when there is sufficient clearance. Make sure that a moving tool cannot hit the chuck, the workpiece, or another part of the machine.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"General
Danger of damage to tool probe<\/div>
Do not operate the turret while the tool-probe arm is extended. Before you operate the turret, retract the tool-probe arm. This prevents accidental collisions.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Selecting a tool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To manually rotate the tool turret the machine must be in MDI (Manual Data Input) mode and the door must be closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Close the door.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Ensure the machine is in a safe position for a tool change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Press the MDI <\/strong>button to enter MDI mode.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Type the tool number, for example T6<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Press the TURRET FWD<\/strong> or TURRET REV<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    FWD vs REV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Unlike the CNC mill there is a difference between the functionality TURRET FWD and TURRET REV buttons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • FWD will rotate the turret clockwise<\/em> to the requested position when looking from the chuck,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • REV will rotate it anticlockwise<\/em> to the requested position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Performing a position change with the wrong button will rotate the turret all the way around even if it’s the next turret pocket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Our machine has a 12-station hybrid turret with 6 Bolt-On-Tool (BOT) positions and 6 VDI-40 positions. The VDI positions in the image above are the ones with the red protective plastic caps and can be loaded with either static turning tools, drills\/boring tools, or live tools like endmills and drills. Selecting a tool To manually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[15,62,14,112,136],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-machine-operation-haas-st-15y-lathe","tag-cnc","tag-haas","tag-lathe","tag-operation","tag-turret"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}