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Mach4 General Discussion / Machine thinks plate is off table. Confused. Please help
« on: March 06, 2020, 12:23:03 PM »
Hi all,
The company I work for just bought a trucut CNC machine running Mach 4. Here is a rundown of the steps leading to the problem:
*Loaded DXF in sheetcam (simple shape w/ no holes) added operation to cut outside perimeter
*Set job options with a 4X8 sheet
*Set start point for lower left hand corner of part
*Nested about 1,1
*Ran Post processor to produce g-code file
*Used "ref all axis" to home the torch head
*Jogged to the lower left corner of the plate (approx 12,12) and "zeroed all axis to set work zero.
*Loaded g code file created in sheetcam
*Set for dry run and hit "cycle start g code" to run
Here is the issue:
*Torch head runs all the way to the positive side of the y axis and hits the limiter
The program seems to think the plate is off the table. Or that the start point is off the table.
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks!
Paul
The company I work for just bought a trucut CNC machine running Mach 4. Here is a rundown of the steps leading to the problem:
*Loaded DXF in sheetcam (simple shape w/ no holes) added operation to cut outside perimeter
*Set job options with a 4X8 sheet
*Set start point for lower left hand corner of part
*Nested about 1,1
*Ran Post processor to produce g-code file
*Used "ref all axis" to home the torch head
*Jogged to the lower left corner of the plate (approx 12,12) and "zeroed all axis to set work zero.
*Loaded g code file created in sheetcam
*Set for dry run and hit "cycle start g code" to run
Here is the issue:
*Torch head runs all the way to the positive side of the y axis and hits the limiter
The program seems to think the plate is off the table. Or that the start point is off the table.
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks!
Paul