Hi all,
I just got the bitsetter and bitzero and had an unfortunate experience the first time I tried to use them; I am hoping you can point me to how to work out what went wrong.
I always generate my g-code for zero in the front-left-bottom corner of my stock piece. In this case I was adding some features to a previously-machined part.
The correct tool was in the machine before I turned it on. At initialization time it cycled to the rear-right corner as before, then to the center to ask me to load a tool (I just clicked resume), then to front-right to use the bitsetter which looked like it worked.
I then clipped the ground lead to the bit, positioned the bitzero on the front-left-top corner of my piece jogged the bit over the circle and did an X/Y/Z zero cycle, which seemed to work.
I then moved the bitzero to the front-left-top of my wasteboard, jogged the bit over the circle and did a Z zero cycle, which seemed to work.
Then I started the job - this did a Z retract, rapid to the center, asked me to change the tool (again I just clicked resume as the right tool was in there), rapid to the bitsetter, cycle there which looked the same as the other 3, rapid to the correct X/Y, and then did the job as though Z was 3.00mm lower than it should have been, judging by measuring the hole in my wasteboard.
I have loaded the job into candle to view the toolpath and it has as I expected a minimum Z value of 0. I am hoping the exactly 3.0mm offset means something obvious to one of you so I can correct my installation/workflow.
TIA!
Phil