On Thursday 10 September 2020 18:50:03 jrmitchellj wrote: > 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 > It works for all 4 configured axis's here. > > > "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
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