On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 21:17, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote:
One that keeps showing up and confusing me is I'll use my 0.2" diameter > electronic edge finder. My DRO knows that it's that diameter so it sets > the 0 to 0.1" over from where it touches. I keep forgetting to do that > with LinuxCNC. So I'll position the raw material. Touch it and 0 it from > the pendant with G55 set. But then forget to move that 0.1" over and zero > it again. You can just set the X / Y / Z to a non-zero value. So if touching-off the left side, probe to a touch and type -0.05 in the touch-off box. > I also find I have to edit the G-Code produced by MecSoft CAM to add G55 > but after the M30 LinuxCNC puts it back to G54. Not sure why and if that's > the M30 do that > M30 (and M2( explicitly sets back to G54. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/gcode/m-code.html#mcode:m2-m30 Maybe use G54 if you are only going to use one? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
