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Good idea to share the files. I will post them with a picture of the results. I DID find a problem I didn't know about until engraving some small stars on a wooden plaque gift. The 5 pointed stars...

I have worked on and off with CNC machines for 20 years. I THOUGHT I knew enough to be dangerous (perhaps that’s a good description for my hubris). I am making a simple whiskey tasting serving board...

Hey GrblGru:

I might have found a bug.

I was playing around with the program tonight and thought I would create a tool path to surface my spoil board. I know I saw you do this in one of the...

This video shows the issue I am having. First a quick review:


I have tested my machine in Universal Gcode Sender today and it ran a file I created in VCarve Pro perfectly. It homes properly,...

Sorry so many questions! I know you have limited time to answer...

What does Z < 10mm error mean when running the program?

I have reset the z axis tool position in the settings to 14.573 as you...

I believe I have fixed the homing location problem (at least in simulation mode). Somehow I misunderstood the minus and plus settings and in the simulation, it works. I am going to try on the machine...

GrblGru:

I have verified the settings in GRBL set correctly, and I can operate correctly in Universal Gcode Sender (UGS).

The machine physically moves to the home position in the correct...

I have another question about equipment that maybe you all can help direct me to. I would like to add a homing plate for my z-axis and a hand keypad to move my machine. I think they are called a...

GrblGru: thank you for the suggestion. I am going to the shop tonight to see if I can troubleshoot. I might have forgotten to hit the reset button after homing, and that would have thrown the error...

Hi GrblGru:

I have finally gotten my machine's hardware working properly (I have had issues with false alarms with limit switches) and have used UGS to do my fine-tuning and set up as it had a...

I am sorry for the delay in replying to this. I appreciate very much the help! I did change the original settings you provided as I was experimenting with the setup to learn what each setting did. I...

X and Y show properly on the previous graphic, but I’d like the Z home to be in the positive location and it is showing in the negative. What I think is happening is after I turn on the $20=1...

Hey GrblGru:

What type of machine should I choose in the Machine manager for my MarkEMark machine? I selected the Shapoko in the machine manager under the extras menu, and in the main menus I...

I will. Thank you!

GrblGru:

I have unzipped the file and copied the .dat file into the correct directory and over wrote the previous .dat file. I do not have a subdirectory called “C:\ProgramData\toe\grblgru\Models”...

Hi GrblGru:

Thank you for your help! I appreciate the effort and understand this is a labor of love and you are donating time and energy to help us.

I would be honored to have you include my...

Hi GrblGru:

I have struggled with importing my CNC design into the machine manager. Here is what I have done (my files are attached so you can see what I have done):

1. Drawn the machine in...

Thank you for the fast reply! I will try that. It is a wonderful program. Thank you for producing and maintaining it.

I just got all of my controllers and machine connected and have been setting the parameters, and in the process seem to have lost the controller arrows on the screen. Any idea what I might have done...

Is there a homing routine for the Z depth axis? I would like to use an automatic Z homing plate to measure to the top of a work piece. Please forgive me if I have missed this somewhere in the...

Ah yes! The right mouse button. I do not know why I didn't think of that. I am usually pretty good figuring out software and for some reason it didn't enter my mind to try that. Thank you.

And I...

I am missing the resizing icons shown below. I am using GrblGru version 4.2.0 Thank you for the help! I am LOVING how much this program can do and I am looking forward to learning and contributing...

Thank you for the reply. I ordered the Arduino.

I have begun to work with your wonderful program and my screen does not have all of the icons at the top like the videos, and I can see no place to...

Forgive me if this is posted and I have missed it, but as technology advances, perhaps the recommendations from a year or two ago are no longer relevant anyway, so here goes:

What is the current...

I just discovered your program while looking for ideas to upgrade my software. If this is what I think it is, you are a God-send. I don't have the budget to buy a lot of software, and this will help...