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Zed plunges down after M6 reading.
« on: June 23, 2021, 10:59:23 AM »
Sometimes the Zed will drop just a little bit and sometimes an inch or two when stops at M6 line in G-code. If I have a 1/2 bit in place it will ruin my piece of wood. If I reset the Zed to 0 after the plunge it will do the cutting and then drag over the piece and it cuts a grove in it and ruins the cut.
I have had my Mack3 for a while and not much experience using it beyond some simple cuts like chairs. But now I am trying to cut out parts for violins and I can't get some of them cut out with this problem.
I can turn off everything and reload it and sometimes it will work and sometimes it won't work.
I notice when I am ready to cut my XYZ's are all set to 0 but the DRO's are all red.
I notice in the videos I watch the XYZ's the DRO's are green as the cutting starts. I don't know how to get the green on. Is this my problem?
 

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Re: Zed plunges down after M6 reading.
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2021, 06:47:18 PM »
The red leds will go green after you have homed the machine, the dropping is another issue, could be the steppers powering down or dodgy code in the M6 macro.
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