Probing inbetween Tool Changes

Guys,
This is easy enough to fix. I modified my tool changer script in onefinity’s controller (Settings, Tool Change)

Change it to following:

(Runs on M6, tool change)
M70
G21
S0
G28
M0 M6 (MSG, Change tool and tighten collet)
G0 X0 Y0
M0 (MSG, attach probe)
F100
(probe to minimum z soft limit, which is -10)
G38.2 Z-10.0
G92 Z15.4
g0 Z30
M0 (MSG, Remove probe, start spindle)
M72

G28 then lifts the spindle z axis and then moves the machine all the way to basically your home position. Then you get the message (M0 M6 > “change tool and tighten collet”)

Then it brings you to( G0 X0 Y0 ) your workpiece X,Y = 0 location.

From here, you can change Z-10 to for example Z-25.4 if you want to probe for 1 inch (or 25.4 mm), etc. If you went from a taller endmill to a smaller one, 10mm travel might not be enough for you. This will solve that problem. You can also change it to (i changed mine to -100mm which travels for like 4 inches until it finds the z 0 on probe.

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