I am wondering how the home offsets work in Mach 4. I set up a fence on my machine to register my stock. I would like the center of the tool in the X and Y directions to align with the corner of the fence. I have this point set at X = -3 from homing switch, Y= -1 from homing switch. Those values don't appear to do anything.
I have my machine setup with the homing and limit switches being shared.
In the homing tab under setup I have X home offset = -3, Y home offset = -1.
I hit the ref all axis home button. The machine moves until the switches are triggered, backs off the switches (moves about 1/16" or less), the DRO then displays X=0, Y=0, Z=0.
I would like the position set and the DRO to X=-3, Y = -1. Or the machine to move 3" in the X direction and 1" in the Y direction. How do I do this?