I am a first timer, and just set my machine. I tried a test cut but the router bit goes in too deep right from the start - like down to almost 1/2 inch. Tried looking at depth settings, they seem fine. Tried adjusting router height and also using a different test cut file. Didn’t help. I zeroed with the probe and it zeroed correctly. Please help.
did you zero “on top” or “overhanging the corner”, and did you probe just Z or X Y and Z ?
(a common mistake is to mix up the probe type and the hang-over-or-on-top… and the result is a mismatched Z)
a second common issue is that the retract height is too high, and then the Z hits the top of its range… and when it goes down it then cuts deeper. Retract height rarely needs to be more than 0.1"… in Carbide Create you can set this in the “sprocket” menu where you also set the size of the stock
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I zeroed by overhanging the corner and chose the XYZ. Retract height is 0.50" (default).
I am looking at something now - In Carbide Motion, under settings, I chose “HDZ, Reduce X Travel”. How do I know this is the right option and could this be the issue?
the third most common error potentially causing this is selecting “stock bottom” in the CC project but zeroing on the top surface as you described. Double check that first ? (that your project is set for zero at stock top)
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Turns out it was the wrong setting - should have been Z-Plus not HDZ. Thanks for all the quick responses!
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