7 Tutorial: Milling a Sample Part
7.10 Setting the Axes Zero Positions
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4.
When you are about half an inch away from the paper, switch to the slowest speed and
0.01 inch step size
and jog the tool closer to the paper. Stop when you are just above the paper.
5.
When you are just above the paper, switch to
0.001 inch steps
. Carefully jog the tool down until the tool
tip just pinches the paper. Check this point by trying to move the paper after each step. When you can no
longer move the paper, you have reached the position.
6.
Click
Setup | Axis to Zero
in the main menu.
The Set Axis to Zero window is displayed.
7.
Select the
Z
axis.
8.
Click
OK
. The position of the tool on the Z-axis is set to zero.
9.
Verify in the Machine Info
window that the Z value reads
0.0000 inches
.
10.
You will now touch off the front of the stock (Y = 0).
