Shapeoko gone crazy!

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

The file is in Imperial:

(flutednapkin5) 
(STOCK/BLOCK) (X=8.625, Y=5.875, Z=0.375)
G90 G94
G17
G20

and it is trying to lift up:

(Tool Number:1 0.125 inches dia. slot drill)
G28 G91 Z0
G90
T1 M6
S15000 M3
G54
G0X0.0000Y0.0000Z13.3538

over 13 inches — that’s larger than the Z-axis can move, hence the crash.

Have you configured the machine correctly?

Setting Grbl Configuration in CM 517 and later

Carbide Motion 517 uses a new system for setting Travel Dimensions which is potentially confusing: [image] Pressing the Load Defaults button takes one to a window which allows one to select first machine size: [image] and then Z-axis type: [image] after which selection the Travel Dimensions for the selections made are entered into the dialog and will be preserved if one clicks “Ok” (and of course that change discarded if one selects “Cancel”). In addition there is a “Send Configuration…

You will need to configure your software to have a safety/retract height w/in what the machine can move.