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General Mach Discussion / Yet Another Z-Axis question (Safe-Z)
« on: March 11, 2015, 04:18:18 PM »
I'm using Mach3 to run a small desktop CNC mini-mill. I've successfully muddled through getting
some PC boards cut for trace isolation and am starting to look at how to get the holes drilled in the
board. For some silly reason I thought this would be fairly straightforward but I'm having no luck.
I'm fighting with the Z-Axis control and having the spindle move to Safe-Z when I do a tool change.
I have "Use Safe-Z" enabled.
I've tried both positive and negative values for the Safe-Z distance.
I have "Ignore Tool Changes" disabled.
I have Safe-Z defined as .75, alternating tests between +/- values.
When I run the code, the tool will stop at whatever X/Y coordinate it's at and raise the Z to .1
Problem is, I don't know where the .1 is defined and by what or where...
What am I missing?
some PC boards cut for trace isolation and am starting to look at how to get the holes drilled in the
board. For some silly reason I thought this would be fairly straightforward but I'm having no luck.
I'm fighting with the Z-Axis control and having the spindle move to Safe-Z when I do a tool change.
I have "Use Safe-Z" enabled.
I've tried both positive and negative values for the Safe-Z distance.
I have "Ignore Tool Changes" disabled.
I have Safe-Z defined as .75, alternating tests between +/- values.
When I run the code, the tool will stop at whatever X/Y coordinate it's at and raise the Z to .1
Problem is, I don't know where the .1 is defined and by what or where...
What am I missing?