Re: help setting up stock and telling machine where to find it!!

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "sseyon" <sseyon@...> wrote:

>
> I am really new to cnc and I am having a hard time setting up the

stock

> on the mill and then telling mach 3 where to find it. tried quiet

a

> few ways from the mach3 videos and other postings on the web but

not

> having any luck. the table just moves way off somewhere else and

starts

> cutting there. I am sure I am just missing out some basic step I

should

> be taking.
> everything is in millimeters
> MY STOCK is X - 78.5 , y - 69, z- 17.5
> i own a 2010 mill package. and using MACH 3. created the g-code

from

> rhino cam. designed the part using rhino cam as well.
>
> It would be great if some could tell me where to find simple
> instructions to do my milling process or may be write me through

it. I

> am sure everyone who is new to cnc would love to get their hands

on

> this kind of information
>
> thank you,
> -seyon
>

check the work offset coordinates, maybe you've different g54's set.
maybe your programm is writen for g55 and you've your part set on
g54.