Shapeoko Pro and 4th Axis / Laser

For those who may be interested in how to offset the laser and router so they work together in a combined project, I found this great example on the JTech website.

You must create a zero location on your board. This must be done whenever you have multiple tools offset from one another. In this case, you have both the router and the laser at different locations, so you must create a physical mark on the location that your toolpaths will start from. We utilized the laser and created a mark that resembled a hunter’s sight, because coolness counts.

Make sure that you place your origin mark in a location that provides ample room for your gantry to travel in the positive X and Y direction with both the laser and the router equipped. Remember that your laser is not positioned in the same location as your router, so you need to verify that both your router and laser are able to travel over the entire job area.


The file for the sight mark is provided at the follwing link: Zeroing Target

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