Hello, i am trying to carve a grid pattern on my spoilboard and i home my machine and do my XYZ probe, but right after the probe is finished i keep getting this message. Any ideas? I know its probably me but don’t know why.
It shows you are trying to move to Y32 but the Y origin is 2.58" away from home. ( 881.553 - 816 ) / 25.4 = 2.58
So set your origin closer to home position. Probably at home position is what you were aiming for.
Can you explain how you were probing? It can be harder when you are nearer home position.
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Well, here is another image of the spoilboard i want to engrave my grid on. I was probing in the left front corner. Now i am kinda new at this but if i XYZ Probe in left front corner, shouldn’t it be good to go?
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Hey Roger,
this error means your g-code file tells the controller to mill outside of the possible workarea range. If you want to mill a file that is as big as the entire workarea (816 x 816 mm on Woodworker model, 1220 x 816 on Journeyman), you got to check that 1. the maximum X and Y dimensions of your 3D model aren’t bigger than that, and 2. That your X,Y workpiece zero is at X,Y machine zero, which means, you got to probe workpiece zero at leftmost and frontmost position, or set workpiece zero manually at this position. Don’t forget that if your file is as big as the maximum workarea, and you have the X,Y workpiece zero defined at leftmost frontmost point in your 3D model, then the real probed X,Y workpiece zero cannot be shifted by any amount towards right or rear, otherwise the other end of the 3D model will be outside of the cutting area and the machine will recognize it as impossible to execute (and produce this error).
So, possible causes could be 1. that your probed workpiece zero is not at machine zero, or 2. that your 3D model is bigger than 816 x 816 mm or 1220 x 816 mm.
Yes, but only if either your X,Y workpiece zero is identical to X,Y machine zero (=wasteboard corner is positioned at the frontmost leftmost position of the machine (which would be recognizable by the fact that after probing, the values in the “Absolute” column would be identical with “Offset” column: X: 0, Y: 0) or if your 3D model is not bigger than the maximum workarea.
Should your intended workpiece zero (=wasteboard front left corner) be shifted towards right or rear in relation to absolute machine zero, you got to make the 3D model smaller by the corresponding amount. E.g. if your wasteboard corner is at X,Y=3,3 mm (“Offset” column after XYZ probing), you got to make your 3D model 3 mm smaller (816-3 = 813 mm)
So the question is, what does your “offset” column say for X and Y after probing, and how big is your 3D model?
See also
Support videos:
- How to Probe a V-Bit on the Onefinity CNC
- Manually Setting X,Y,Z Zero on the Onefinity CNC
- Onefinity Touch Probe Fine Tuning
- Installing the Touch Probe
PS: While I look at your image, your wasteboard=workpiece seems not to be at the beginning of the workarea. See Cutting area location for where workarea is. Could it be that your offset after probing, as @ChrisM already suggested, is 65.553 mm (2.58") away from cutting area’s front limit (=machine Y zero)? In this case, your 3D model would have to be made smaller by this amount in order to fit the limit at the rear of the cutting area. Or, alternatively, you set X,Y zero manually at the home position and mill air over the area where no wasteboard is.
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Ok, spoilboard is carved. Thank you all for your detailed help , i very much appreciate you helpin a newbie! Will probably have more questioned down the road.