How to face installed x guide

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I want to add some wooden x guides on the left of the machine. How do I face them so they are perfectly square to the setup? I am guessing just turn the spindle on and just the jog to manually move the spindle. Is there a better way?

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Honestly, that is the way I did it. :slight_smile:

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I would:

  • position at the nearest Rapid Position point
  • measure from that point to the structure
  • draw up a file which has the origin at the Rapid Position point and then makes the desired cut
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Note that if you have a 5 Pro I believe you can not manually jog it, so a program as @WillAdams mentions would be required. If you have a different model then the manual jog works.

Or, maybe that manual jog restriction is in the later versions of CM and not specific to the machine model?

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Thanks for the advice. I do have the 5 Pro, I thought I might have to create a file tool path somehow.

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Carbide Motion is what controls how the jog works, not machine specific. So my S4Pro and S5Pro sindles both shut off when I stop a “FAST” jog. If you jog in increments, the spindle stays running. The other caveat is that it is when you manually stop the “Fast” jog. So to kinda work around that I will keep my finger on the jog button until the soft limits stop it. Therefore it stays running. Odd way to do it, but I think it was changed to be a safety feature. :slight_smile:

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I am going to try a few different things today, thank you.

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You can’t jog with the spindle on?

If that’s true, can you at least enter a command like G1Y300F3000?

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I would imagine. I think it’s just the on-screen jog buttons that exhibit that behavior.

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