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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: charbroil on July 05, 2010, 09:13:54 PM

Title: Trouble with Z-axis
Post by: charbroil on July 05, 2010, 09:13:54 PM

Hi All,

I am having trouble with my Z-axis. I import the g-code from Visual Mill and the X and Y are milling correctly. I have been jogging the machine and setting the DRO's to zero at the surface of the stock. When I go to run the job, the machine moves above the surface and starts cutting. In display mode, the mill seems to be following the surface correctly. I do notice that the table limits in display mode are below the part I am trying to surface mill. When I change the Z in the config homing/limits so the stock is within the machine bed, it still tries to go up and mill above the surface. Any help would be much appreciated!!

Thanks,
Kory

Title: Re: Trouble with Z-axis
Post by: Hood on July 08, 2010, 03:36:04 PM

Sounds like your code is wanting the bottom of the stock to be zero rather than the top. It is certainly conventional to have the top as zero but I believe some router guys do it with the bed as zero.
Hood

Title: Re: Trouble with Z-axis
Post by: charbroil on July 08, 2010, 10:43:55 PM

Thanks. I think that was the problem. I had to part down in Rhino before exporting to Visual Mill. That seemed to do the trick.
K