[Rotax91]

Hey guys, I'm just a hobbyist machinist. I rely a bit too much on my CAM program to generate all the gcode for me. I need to mill out some holes. That said it will leave some metal scrap inserts behind that may get caught by the tooling during a run cycle.

What I basically want is a program pause, M00 and then send Z to home, X&Y to G54 (X0, Y0). Also would like the coolant to shut off.

This way we can open the door, reach in and pull out the scrap inserts and then close the door and Cycle start so it advances to the next step in the program.

I'm sure this is just a few lines of code. If someone could please help write this for me, it would be hugely appreciated. I can then edit my program.

Thank you.

[rcs60]

Try this


M9(STOP COOLANT)
M5(STOP SPINDLE)
G28Z0.(Z TO HOME POSITION)
G54G90X0.Y0.(X/Y TO G54 0 WORK OFFSET)
M00
(Next step in program)

[Rotax91]

Hi rcs60-

Heading over to the shop right now. I will test it out.

Thanks for knowing your g code.

I will post back.

Thanks.

[Rotax91]

You're a genius! I could of probably reverse engineered some CAM code but I wanted to be safe by asking.

Thanks again for the help.

[rcs60]

your welcome