HELLO EVERY ONE I`AM REALLY NEW TO THIS STUFF BEEN TRYING MY AZZ OFF I BUILT MY MACHINE FROM BOLT TO FRAME TO WIREING UP THE MOTORS TO MACH3 WITH HELP HERE AND THERE AND WITH YOUTUBE VIDEO .... I THANK I HAVE MACHINE SETUP LOL .... NOW IAM TRYING TO DO A TEST PROJECT ITS CALLED 2D MILL MY ?? IS WHY DOSE MY ZED =Z GO DOWN TO FAR IT DOSE IT ON ALL MY TEST I DO CAN SOME ONE HELP ME ......
How far are you talking about? Is it trying to go through the machine table, or is it only a little bit off? If it's the former, I would say that there is a setup issue, machine side. If it's only a little bit deep, I'd suspect a combination of machine AND Fusion settings.
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Using the generic Mach3 post processor?
In addition to @LibertyMachine's post, I would add a couple questions:
1) Does the machine have limit switches? If not, how is it homed?
2) How are you setting your work offset on the machine itself?
it dose have limit switches how i`am homing it i click on machine coords and hit refrence all after i go to each switch and drop the zed = Z..but the switches dont pump off i have to move it a little for machine to work again.
It sounds to me that you need to establish what is called "Tool Height Offsets". Mach 3 does support them, and while it is possible to run the machine without them, it can make things easier.
What a Tool Height (Length) Offset does is this:
Your program XYZ values are relative to a position you define in your Fusion Setup. This is important to keep in mind when you get to the machine and actually set the job up. X and Y need to be defined in the machine, so it knows where the material is located. This is typically called the Work Offset, or G54, G55 etc. For the Z value, this is often controlled by your Tool Length Offset. This is the distance that the spindle needs to travel from it's home position until the tool is touching the part, or the touch off block, or some predetermined point (I use a 1" chinese gage block to touch off my tools so I don't mark the part). This value would then be entered into this section here:
i guess i had to set up my offset so i set up a G-54 OFFSET i`am getting there ...now its asking me to setup a tool i went to youtube and found good video on offsets did what was said and now its not letting me put tool in trying to put in a 1/4'' flat mill.
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