Home Position

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Re: Home Position

Post by cncsnw »

If you want to set up one of your WCS origins to be at the position you describe, there is nothing stopping you from doing that.

I don't quite see what that would be useful for. The only things the CNC control needs to know are:
1) Where the axes are, relative to the machine zero / machine home position that it found off of the limit switches, and
2) Where the current desired part zero location is, measured from machine zero.

If it makes you feel better, you can change your Y axis homing direction so that Y homes minus (saddle towards the column). Then machine zero would be at the location you describe. However, that would not actually make anything work better; and it would increase the chance of running a vise or workpiece that overhangs the back of the table into the knee ways while trying to find home.
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Re: Home Position

Post by cnckeith »

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