mmurray70,
As i pondered this issue I am really wondering, why would the CAM use the G43 tool offset? Further I guess I really don't understand this clearly. The offset was 3", meaning the tool was three inches long, longer than the vcarve bit in he collect but you would think the only reason it would need to know the length would be to ensure the tool was high enough not to crash into the material before drilling started. That would seem to indicate it should have been drilling in air well above the table. I know the offset is the issue, but I guess I don't really understand the reason for using a tool offset in a drilling cycle.
Russ
( T2 | 1/4 INCH ENGRAVING TOOL 90 DEGREE X .001 TIP LONG | H2 )
N100 G20 ( inch system )
N102 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 ( Rapid positioning ON, XY Plane Selection, Cancel cutter diameter compensation, Cancel Tool length offset, cancel motion mode, Absolute)
N104 T2 M6 ( Tool#2, tool change)
N106 G0 G90 G54 X.5 Y1. S6000 M3 ( Rapid, Absolute distance, Work Present 1, XY position (.5,1), Spindle 6000, Spindle CW)
N108 G43 H2 Z.1 ( tool length offset, H2 is not populated in tool table)
N110 G99 G81 Z-.215 R.1 F5. ( R value return canned cycles, drilling canned cycle, Z depth = -.215", return to .1", Feedrate 5 )
N112 Y6.2813