On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 9:29 PM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 28 July 2018 at 02:15, Kurt Jacobson <kurtcjacob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Good point. How about...
> >>
> >> G21 G91
> >> G38.2 z-20 F80
> >> G0 X#5061 Y#5062 Z#5063
> >> G10 L20 P1 Z0
> >>
> >
> > That would probably crash the probe,
>
> Unless I am missing something, it should be a move back to the exact
> point where the probe tripped?
>

Yes are correct, it works for the Z axis! It does not work on the X and Y
axes, as the probe tip diameter has to be taken into account and so the
probe would have to move towards the part by the radius of the tip. Of
course this could be avoided by moving up in z to clear the part ...
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