FrodoLoggins
Plastic
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2019
Hey. So. I ran my program thinking the tool would end up retracting above my part at the end of the run. Told the new kid to hit the big red button if he hears anything funny. I left for the post office and upon returning I walked right up to the machine. It's been 30 minutes, the lights are off. Bang. Fuck. Well at least the program finished...
So I set up a second tool change position. X/Y all the way to the right/front, Z up top as high as she goes before going to Z0 for a tool change.
That takes care of crashes during tool changes. But before/after the tool changes, the tools just stay at machine Z0.":
Scenario #1:
M06 initiated
Part moves to second tool change position
Tool change completes.
Tool rapids to part at Z0"
Z0." is about .375" BELOW the top of my stock.
This kills the tool
Scenario #2:
Tool roughs out part
Time to rapid to Z0."
Ok now move over to the second tool chance position
Hits part on the way over (even though the tool should rapid as high as she can go [~ Machine Z4.3" where I set it IIRC] before moving in X/Y? That's how it's explained in the help tip menu in the control).
I'm assuming this is more of a post processor/quick gcode edit, but is there any setting in the machine I can turn on so it knows to move all the way up (or at least .5") before/after machining operations?
So I set up a second tool change position. X/Y all the way to the right/front, Z up top as high as she goes before going to Z0 for a tool change.
That takes care of crashes during tool changes. But before/after the tool changes, the tools just stay at machine Z0.":
Scenario #1:
M06 initiated
Part moves to second tool change position
Tool change completes.
Tool rapids to part at Z0"
Z0." is about .375" BELOW the top of my stock.
This kills the tool
Scenario #2:
Tool roughs out part
Time to rapid to Z0."
Ok now move over to the second tool chance position
Hits part on the way over (even though the tool should rapid as high as she can go [~ Machine Z4.3" where I set it IIRC] before moving in X/Y? That's how it's explained in the help tip menu in the control).
I'm assuming this is more of a post processor/quick gcode edit, but is there any setting in the machine I can turn on so it knows to move all the way up (or at least .5") before/after machining operations?