Excellent video! I've been using work offsets in Mach4 for about a year, and they really streamline the work. Having that known location that is saved in Mach4 is a life saver if you've ever had a power failure in the middle of a carve. If you're on the fence about using a work offset, just try it. You'll never go back to working without them.
Totally loved this video. I am about to watch your entire channel. So many cool and repeatable elements to your workflows. I wish i could come be your apprentice, I love the way you work. I have a longmill mk2 without homing sensors, they state the machine wont damage itself running into stops, which I agree with. They sell inductive limits as an add on and I have just ordered them. I run gsender and vectric pro but recently bought f360. I will probably figure out putting g54 etc into gcode. I program for a living, maybe I will give a a custom post processor a shot, idc just had a video on this custom post processor i should rewatch, wont give settings in job but will start every job at g54 etc.
Thank! I bet you'll appreciate having the homing sensors once you get them installed. Definitely try out editing the post processor; it is pretty easy to modify. I modified mine for ATC support. I also used to be a programmer -- I worked at Apple for many years, mainly on macOS but also some initial iOS stuff.
@@CorbinDunn I got an open frame diode laser after cnc and after a little learning I came to love the zero and offsetting in lightburn. I am sure it will be very helpful with cnc. I rebuilt my spoil board with dogs already so I am thinking of picking a few corners for offset positions.
Excellent video and very much appreciated! I have an Avid CNC Pro as well but not an ATC and I really wish there was an accessory that would easily allow z-height touch offs like the Shapeoko I used to own. I think it's possible to roll your own but an official accessory would be great.
Cracking video Corbin. Really useful. Presumably you set up all the dog holes to work with the different offsets. I need to do that. Thanks for posting 👌👌
I did! The stock Avid CNC touch plate code would crash due to a bug. I added a work around in my screen set. I heard they fixed it in a recent Avid CNC Mach 4 update, but I haven't tried it out yet.
@@CorbinDunnawesome, thanks for getting back to me. I will definitely be asking to use your latest screenset when I finally pull the trigger on the ATC. I need one so bad but no time to upgrade at the moment with too many things to make!
I mean, it is funny when people comment this way! I spend hours and hours making videos and developing ideas and techniques. I tend to lose more money than I make. Last year, Etsy gross sales: $2,037.02. Corbinsworkshop.com gross sales: $2408.52. Google Ads/RU-vid: $993.78 . Amazon Affiliate: $377.66. A total of $5816.98 in gross income from all my woodworking/youtube in 2023. I spent about $5,000 in supplies/material, and $1200 in software (Fusion 360 and Website hosting, VCarve). It would be awesome if I actually made reasonable money at it...promoting my own designs helps, but not much; I'm not making anything on this venture, and I give tons of designs away for free.
