Hi all,
Please forgive my ignorance with this post. I have searched around and can’t find exactly what I’m looking for, so I just need some guidance on where to start.
I am familiar with CNCs but not with Mach3. I am looking to accomplish the following startup and job routines using my newly built custom CNC mill. It is a pretty standard routine, but I can’t find any clear documentation for how to support it.
I am sure there is something like this out there and I’m just missing it.
When Mach3 is freshly reset, it should automatically:
- [ ] Go home
- [ ] Move to tool change position for haimer probe to be inserted, then prompt for user to confirm the haimer probe was inserted. Then:
- [ ] Move to tool setter X,Y (button style with air blast, not just a solid piece of metal on plastic)
- [ ] Measure haimer probe position relative to tool setter. Looking for a baseline position for a later tool change based on the delta between haimer length and tool length. Knowing height of tool setter is irrelevant.
Then, I would manually position probe to bore or corner for zeroing on the work
Probe for x,y,z job zeros with haimer probe
Start job on Mach3
- [ ] Mach should prompt for first tool
- [ ] Insert new tool and confirm tool is inserted on mach
- [ ] Move to tool setter
- [ ] Measure length delta between haimer and first tool and adjust tool position accordingly
- [ ] Start cutting
When tool change is prompted in the job, go to specified location and prompt for tool change for tool 2
Repeat tool change procedure as needed until job is finished.
When job is finished, return to home.
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