On Thursday 10 September 2020 18:59:09 R C wrote: > I was just playing with it a bit, > > > I have the idea, that , like homing is done per axis, "touching Off" > is done per axis too? > yes, and has forever here. > > thanks, > > > Ron > > On 9/10/20 4:50 PM, 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 > > > > > > > > "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 > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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