Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

Alan shows us how he calibrated his home built cnc machine tool using a Laser and a Ball bar.

https://youtu.be/3oLdOcy_6NA

https://youtu.be/3oLdOcy_6NA

you can use any tool as the reference tool. I use tool 1.

tool 1 is not longer or shorter than itself.. so the offset values are zero for tool 1

hello. please start with the bench test radio button selected and no limit switches or estop connected. "bench test" will drive the motors and ignore inputs to make it easy to get motors running first. windows 10 is required to run CNC12 cnc software and should be configured to run CNC12 a...

The value is the difference in length of the tool compared to the reference tool.

wow! nice work.

send 'em back, 20 supplies gets you a free acorn board.

hello. the report shows an input #1 for a X axis + limit switch defined. do you have a limit switch connected?

Bob, hello. please provide clarification to what you mean by "lost control" of the fast slow button. can you post a video?

ok..sounds good.. can i send all the complaint emails to you guys when I remove the 24 volt power supply from the kit?

you got it for X.... but still mixing francos method on Z...so... just do the same for Z as you did for X, skim cut or touch with tool one, set Z part zero, set Tool#1 Z offset to zero, set reference position. now go touch another tool to the same spot, the extra distance the new tool had to move to...