On a Mill setup, touch-off only affects the Z axis. You will need to find your X0, and Y0 positions. I use the end key to bring up the dialog and set the offset.
--J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com "Good enough is the enemy of excellence"author unknown On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 2:51 PM R C <cjv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > > this is probably a rookie question, but sometime when I do a "Touch > Off", the Z-position indeed becomes 0, but the X and Y are not. Then > in teh axis program, it will still go to the "first" spot where it needs > to start milling, and in the drawing it fllows the correct > lines/pattern, but since the tuch off wasn't in the origin (0, 0, 0) on > the actual workpiece/part the machining is off (and consequently goes > out of the material, and starts milling air at some point. > > > I am wondering why that happens? Is that a mistake I sometimes make in > Freecad, or is that something I do wrong touching off? (I am fairly sure > it is not a bug). > > > How can I make sure that I am actually touching off at (0, 0, 0) ? > > > thanks, > > > Ron > > (sorry if I have some terminology incorrect, but you know ... rookie here.) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
