5 Pro is cutting twice as deep as the depth of cut is set

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

Note when using the BitZero there are two ways to position it:

• fully registered at a corner for probing all three axes, or X/Y
• fully on a surface for Z only

and the difference is the height of the lip, which I leave to the reader to measure.

see:

Using/verifying the BitZero

Here is how I check out the functionality of the machine/BitZero: first check that you have sent the correct Z-axis configuration This can be easily done by jogging down to the wasteboard surface, setting zero, then using the Rapid Position command to lift 6mm above the current zero — measure how much the machine moved — if it’s wrong: open the Log Window go to the MDI (EDIT: Note that it will need to be enabled in options in current versions) and send $$ and check that the Z-axis steps/mm …