I’ve programed Carbide create to cut pattern into 1/8" piece of wood. Start depth 0 cut depth 0.015". When I start Carbide Motion to cut the bit never touches the wood. It stays about 3/16" above the top of the wood. I have set 0 3 different times to no avail.
How are you setting zero? Are you using a BitZero?
Are you setting zero w/ a Probing pin or a different tool?
I just use the corner of the wood where I set 0 on all 3 axis. The probe I purchased quit working a long time ago.
I also had to uninstall and reinstall Carbide Motion again today because I was unable to connect again!
To confirm:
- you are jogging the endmill down to the surface/corner and setting zero there?
Does the machine then have sufficient travel to move as far down along Z as it needs to?
Could you post a .c2d file, generated G-code, step-by-step notes on how you are securing your stock and setting zero relative to it and managing all tool changes and a photo showing an attempt at cutting still in place and w/ the endmill positioned where the origin was set?
I’ve never had this problem before and we have cut many samples and many different thicknesses of wood. As I mentioned, the probe I purchased with the Shapeoko 3xxl quit working a long time ago and we have been using the bit and paper technique on the bottom left corner of the wood and zero a 3 axis.
The router is all the way down as far as is possible. I can jog the z-axis down below the wood I’m cutting. I don’t know what the problem is. I’ve never seen this before.
With nails outside of the cut pattern.
It runs the program but doesn’t cut into the wood at the settings I set.
Is anything mechanically blocking the movement down?
Post the .c2d file?
No. I can jog the bit down below the wood I’m cutting.
John,
Post the file so we can look at it.
KLEENEX BOXES 4.75W X 9.50L X 5.25TALL 7-8-22–PART 2.c2d (352 KB)
KLEENEX BOXES 4.75W X 9.50L X 5.25TALL 7-8-22.c2d (336 KB)
KLEENEX BOXES 4.75W X 9.50L X 5.25TALL 7-8-22-part 2.c2d (352 KB)
KLEENEX BOXES 4.75W X 9.50L X 5.25TALL 7-8-22-1.c2d (480 KB)
The problem is I travel 200 miles on Friday to work with my brother. The computer and Shapeoko 3xxl are at his house and he calls me every week to tell me that he cannot connect to Carbide Motion. So on Friday I come down to try to fix it every weekend and have to un-install and reinstall Carbide Motion. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. I had to contact Dell Support on 7/1/22 to reset the computer and create anoth admin account.
My suggestions:
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get a Raspberry Pi 4 and install Carbide Motion on it — set it up to auto-launch CM and don’t use it for anything else.
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make a template file which has sensible defaults — explain them, and why they are set as they are — put a copy somewhere convenient and set the file options so that it cannot be accidentally overwritten or deleted
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walk through a couple of simple, straight-forward tasks — name these w/ sensible file names and use them to refer to at need
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