I usually flip stock to machine guitar parts. Half of those are center joined wood blanks, so referencing my work to that centerline is critical. There are many techniques, including registration pins, careful positioning, and support plates. Wouldn't probing XY a second time work, if I could decide which side to probe from? Like: - XYZ probe my top stock standard way (front left) - cam referenced to left side (or move +X a known distance to center of stock) - flip stock Y axis - XY probe my top stock custom flipped way (front right) - cam referenced to right side (or move -X same known distance to center of stock) Can anyone point me in the right direction to create a custom gcode for this? Thanks!
You can use the Macros tab to create custom routines. For Guitars though I would recommend not rezeroing and using alignment pins instead - keeping that work coordinate system in stone and aligning the stock properly (pins, jigs, etc) tends to be less cumbursome for repeat tasks.
Thanks Peter. I see the point in that. I've just (like hours ago) been able to work with WCS per this other post regarding VFD/earth/Gnd noise. In the meantime, where can I inspect the original probe plus gcode to use as a starting point for my macro?
