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Re: Safe Z on Feedhold
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2006, 09:51:13 AM »
You could write the original position to a Var in mach3 and swhen you press resume you could have it move back to that position :)

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Re: Safe Z on Feedhold
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2006, 08:59:39 PM »
Once again, I feel like I'm living in a cave and missing something...

If you feedhold first, then press stop, isn't this accomplishing the same thing.  I've done this a ton of times and have never noticed any missed steps or loss of position.  ????

Thanks,
Sid

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Re: Safe Z on Feedhold
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2006, 09:09:28 PM »
Pressing hold then stop is the correct order to do things and you wont loose steps or position. I think what Scott is wanting to accomplish is to move the tool out of the work fairly rapidly on a feed hold. Depending on how his machine is set up that could be quite a slow process with having to press two on screen buttons. With a touch screen or physical buttons its not long but if using a mouse its a bit longer and iif there are high spindle speeds involved on a machine such as a router a second or two can burn the tool and workpiece.

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Re: Safe Z on Feedhold
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2006, 09:14:34 PM »
Aha, now I get it- Thanks...