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General Mach Discussion / Cutting depth is deeper than whats programmed
« on: January 19, 2012, 08:01:49 PM »
I am new to mach 3 and I have the basic setup done in order to use Mach 3 milling. The problem that I am having is explain below:
I have a stock or peace of material that is 0.5 inch thick. I am designing a gear and I have uploaded my g code to mach 3. I jog the x,y,z axis in the location I want it. The tool that is on the z axis is flesh again the material I am cutting. After doing all of this I press the buttons to zero the x,y, and z axis. I upload the g-code and began milling. everything from the x and y axis are correct, but the z axis cut the material top surface 1/3 inch down. Once everything is finish I notice that the tool has cut into the cnc machine table 1/3 inch.
I am using meshcam and I email support my g-code and they tell me that everything is fine and that on there machine it is not doing what mind is doing.
There support told me that it sound like a offset is turn on but they are not sure
Can someone help me out. with this.
I have a stock or peace of material that is 0.5 inch thick. I am designing a gear and I have uploaded my g code to mach 3. I jog the x,y,z axis in the location I want it. The tool that is on the z axis is flesh again the material I am cutting. After doing all of this I press the buttons to zero the x,y, and z axis. I upload the g-code and began milling. everything from the x and y axis are correct, but the z axis cut the material top surface 1/3 inch down. Once everything is finish I notice that the tool has cut into the cnc machine table 1/3 inch.
I am using meshcam and I email support my g-code and they tell me that everything is fine and that on there machine it is not doing what mind is doing.
There support told me that it sound like a offset is turn on but they are not sure
Can someone help me out. with this.