I have another thread going that has been viewed quite a number of times but with only a couple of responses, I'm thinking my subject is perhaps missleading. I labled it as a mirroring issue. I think perhaps a double sided cut issue may be more realistic.
In simple terms I need to be able to cut a pattern, say a square on a piece of material 4 x 4 and 1 inch thick in the lower left corner of the material. My bit will only cut 1/2 inch so I have to cut one side 1/2 inch and then flip the material and cut the other side in exactly the same spot so the piece can be removed from the material.
The one response on my other thread showed how I can reverse the toolpath by changing the axis on which the material is flipped from 1 to -1. This absolutely changes the code but my question is how do I do this without having to re zero the machine, if I move the zero point there is a really good chance the cut is going to be off.
I thought I could maybe zero out in the exact center of the material so it would be in the same spot when flipped by zeroing out to the exact center of the material would be a chore in itself.
I know many of you must have done this in the past as I'm sure I'm not the first one with a "Small Bit Problem"
Any suggestions recommending how such a process should work would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Randy