How to adjust the bit in the collet once a job is started

Are you using a recent version of Carbide Motion? If so, you have the capability to stop the carve, then restart it at whatever line number (of GCode) you are at now.

I don;t have CM open in front of me, so I may not name everything exactly

  • Pause the carve
  • Look for a status line that says what line you are on now, write that down,
  • Stop the carve
  • Adjust the bit and re-zero Z.
  • Instead of ‘Run’, look for the button ‘Program Restart’
  • Hit that, and it should ask you for the line number. Because of certain technical considerations, you should use a value about 20 less than the actual line number.
  • Profit!
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