At 08:32 AM 3/25/2010, you wrote: >On 3/25/2010 7:19 AM, John Guenther wrote: > > Sorry for taking so long to respond to this, jury duty is keeping me > > busy and tired. At any rate, I out of habit use machine coordinates all > > the time. Perhaps a better example of what I would like to be able to > > do is this. I use a manual tool height setter. I put it a new tool, > > then jog Z down until the tool height setter shows 0 on its dial. Now I > > need to be able to tell EMC that the Z axis is at 2 inches above the > > work. How can I do this in EMC? I have tried the work offsets as > > suggested and that is not working for me. In Mach3 I just click on the > > Z axis DRO and enter 2.00 and I am ready to go. > > > > Thanks > > > > John Guenther > > 'Ye Olde Pen Maker' > > Sterling, VIrginia > > > > >Hi John, > >MDI: G92 Z2.0 > >see page 90 of http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/EMC2_User_Manual.pdf > >David Clark in Southern Maryland, USA
David, Where abouts in Southern Maryland are you? I live in Waldorf. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users