Ok…so imagine this…I’ve did a simple Raised letter pocket sign, with the pocket already being about an 8th deep. Board is .75 so the top face of the letters are .125 from my new inside pocket bottom. I stained the board but now want to go try to use my Quarter endmill to planed the letters back bare. My Original zero was in the center of the board, but now that’s been pocketed. Is it a way to keep my X and Y but move the router to one of the top of the letters to get the Z or will it mess up the x and Y when I try to do that? I’ve never attempted something like this and didn’t even know what to try to search to see if it’s been discussed : (
You can zero Z only without affecting X & Y.
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thank you for the reply. So when I move the head over to the spot i want to take my Z, even though it shows X and Y coordinates other that are not 0.00 as long as I simply hit zero Z, it will not affect my previously zeroed X & Y…?
Correct. If you don’t change the X & Y zero, it will remain the same. (Even if you shut off the machine, and turn it back on.)
If you know the top of the letters are at 0.125", why not just leave your zero where it is & cut a pocket around the letters 0.130 - 0.135" deep? Use a start depth of 0.125, and a max depth of 0.130 and it will just remove 0.005" from the top of the letters.
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hmm…i hope I’m understanding your question correctly and it could very well just be some more stuff I was not aware I could do, but when I initially did the sign was lets say a week ago. I’ve since did other projects and just decided to come back to this one and try to shave a bit from my letters to remove the stain, so I don’t think I could have kept things where they were.
It worked out great. Thanks again you guys
Ah, then yes by all means set your Z zero to the top of the letters, and machine off whatever you want to.
I assume you can then find the original X & Y zero, either by fixture, guides, or corner of job?
yes, I have some bolted down 90 that I push my work in, then I either go from the lower left or measure of the center and go from there. it was center for this piece in question.
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