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Howdy,

How can I create offsets? Is WCS the equivalent in Centroid language to offsets in Mach3? Any direction to find in any pdf or video would be appreciated. I would like to have different stations in my CNC - my mill turning axis and a second one for my A rotary axis.
I have 2 stations in my CNC - one to turn wood round and taper pool cue shafts and the other one is a rotary that I use for engraving and creating pockets for inlays.
I do have a second CNC that does a lot of the turning but does not have an Acorn board.
The work offsets in Mach 3 it is used to memorize positions of the CNC table and recall them quickly.
How can that be done with Acorn CNC Controller software?

Section 4.3 in the mill user's manual details the setup of Work Coordinate Systems.

Virtually the same as Mach does it. G54,55,56,57,58.... 18 of them.

Setup >> Part >> WCS Table >> Origin

Gary Campbell wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:00 pm Virtually the same as Mach does it. G54,55,56,57,58.... 18 of them.

Setup >> Part >> WCS Table >> Origin

Hi Gary,

So, once you get to the area you want to setup how do you zero it? Or do you have to type the coordinates? Sorry I am bit confused how to go about getting it done.

tblough wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 1:35 pm Section 4.3 in the mill user's manual details the setup of Work Coordinate Systems.

Thanks Tom. I’m going through it now.

Alt 1 (G54), Alt 2 (G55), Alt 3 (G56) and so on. G54, leave as machine home, drive it to your desired location and hit Alt 2 (G55) and then use the VCP button to set XY and set Z zero (if desired). From there on, that is where G55 will be. If you have a pendant, you can also use that set zero for each axis with the dial and button.

If you need to tweak the location values, you can go to "Setup >> Part >> WCS Table >> Origin" and edit/save all offsets.

Sword wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:12 pm Alt 1 (G54), Alt 2 (G55), Alt 3 (G56) and so on. G54, leave as machine home, drive it to your desired location and hit Alt 2 (G55) and then use the VCP button to set XY and set Z zero (if desired). From there on, that is where G55 will be. If you have a pendant, you can also use that set zero for each axis with the dial and button.

If you need to tweak the location values, you can go to "Setup >> Part >> WCS Table >> Origin" and edit/save all offsets.

Dumb question... How do I make it move to G55, G56, etc? I tried in MDI just typing G55 and Cycle Start and didn't work...

G55. > Cycle start
GoTo WCS XY0 >> cycle start

Gary Campbell wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 12:54 am G55. > Cycle start
GoTo WCS XY0 >> cycle start

Hello Gary,

I am not sure if I did something wrong but it didn't work.
Went to MDI:
Typed G55 then hit cycle start
In MDI again typed GoTo WCS XY0 then hit cycle start and got the Missing parameter error.

I have attached some screenshots.

"GOTO WCS" means select the WCS you want by hitting alt-1 for WCS #1, alt-2 for WCS #2, etc., and then MDI "X0Y0" and hit cycle start.

Neither of these methods (nor MDI) will work until the machine is homed.