48x48? Why won’t it cut?

[osban911 (scott)]

5 pro I get the follow error and it tops out at the top if I run the cut with a high z. Just to see if it will cut.

I am using the center and the machine’s center. Because the wood is longer than 48.

[osban911 (scott)]

Is machine center not the center of the cut area???

[osban911 (scott)]

I found the left bottom corner and it works out.

[Redlander (Tim Jones)]

I use left bottom corner most of the time, Iv’e received similar errors and usually due to me goofing up the setup dimensions in my early days.

[mhotchin (Michael Hotchin)]

@osban911

Is machine center not the center of the cut area???

The spindle is not centered on the gantry - it hangs off the front. So, whatever the travel limits of the gantry are, the cut area is offset to the front.

[osban911 (scott)]

Thanks makes total sense.

[osban911 (scott)]

Now the question is why is going back through the cuts a second time but travel the opposite direction of the 1st cut. Only one contour cut in the tool paths. 3/4 hickory plywood.

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

My understanding is that the travel through each portion of the cut and route of rapids between sections is so as to make an efficient use of time/travel/computer calculation.