So maybe someone can help me the last thing I ran on my machine was surfacing program. I just went to run a small project set all my zeros loaded it. It look great on the preview, but when I started the project, the machine went to a different spot and then almost drilled right through the whole table. Anyone have any ideas what might’ve happened or how I can fix this? Thank you.
Usually this sort of difficulty is caused by a mismatch between job setup:
https://carbide3d.com/hub/courses/create/job-setup/
and how origin is set relative to the stock:
https://carbide3d.com/hub/courses/running-shapeoko/movements-zeroing/
I find that opening the .c2d file up and drawing a box which matches the specified dimensions (draw up the cut in profile if need be) or moving the machine to the origin and then using a tape measure to measure out the dimension(s) in question will make clear where things aren’t lining up.
Thank you for the information, but I went back through it. All the settings are correct even if I ask the machine to go to zero it does, but as soon as I run the program, it goes to the left of the project and instantly goes to drill right down past. Is the way to re-orientate the machine I mean I don’t understand because I initialize load the program hit run goes to bit center and then instantly goes to a different spot and down through the machine when I start the project.
If you still have trouble, please upload the .c2d file and let us know step-by-step how you are securing your stock and setting zero relative to it and managing all tool changes, and send a photo showing the stock in place and the machine at the zero position relative to it (or a specified offset from that position) and screengrabs showing what Carbide Motion shows for Position and Machine Position (click on either to toggle to the other).
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Just thinking about what I did yesterday when I ran to surfacing program, I had to lower my spindle because it wouldn’t touch. Could that have messed it up?
Usually, powering down, pulling the plug, from the wall, rebooting the computer, and waiting 30 minutes or so will get one back to a clean/clear state.
In some instances, I’ve found it necessary for the Z-axis to manually move it all the way to the bottom/back up to the top, then to the middle by turning the lead-screw (or coupler on an HDZ).
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Hey, thanks a lot turning it off restarting it resetting zeros seems to have fixed it again thank you for your help!!
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