I recently changed from a makita palm router to the 65mm spindle and changed the carbide motion setting to show I have a spindle. Now, I dont get a pause after tool height check to put on the dust boot. I know when set to router, motion would do that pause just to tell the user to set the dial correctly and turn on the router. It is here that I would also add the dust boot.
Seems to me like this is a very simple stupid code change in Carbide Motion to do the exact same for a spindle. Just sort of a last second “hey user, are you ready?” so that it gives everyone a last chance to check their wood piece, clear anything out of the way, AND PUT ON THE DAMN DUST BOOT!
C’mon Carbide - make this stuff a little more user friendly please!
There are probably 5 other things that can be done with easy coding to make this software a ton more user friendly.
Are you using the “Carbide 3D Shapeoko” post?
Put this post in your …AppData\Local\Carbide 3D\Carbide Create\posts folder & give it a try.
I had previously added a pause “M0” to let the spindle rev up, so I just moved it to the toolchange.
Note that using a custom post-processor requires Carbide Create Pro and going to the trouble of writing out a separate G-code file, as opposed to using the in-built post-processor which is the default.
I have a spindle. I always add the dust boot after changing the tool, but before the measurement.
It has worked flawlessly every time. The dust boot does not interfere with the BitSetter.
EDIT: So, yeah, another pause after the measurement would be incredibly annoying. If for some reason it gets added, make sure there is a way to turn it off.