Originally Posted by
popspipes
What I want to do is reference the spindle nose without the hassle of positioning it by eye.
At my age confusion, loosing train of thought is kind of normal for me Ha!
I wrote a small code that positions the Z X Y which is basically what I wanted
G54 G0 Z5
X12 Y2
this puts the spindle over the tool setter in the correct position for my machine to reference the spindle nose position.
It would be nice if there was a way to select the spindle ref button in the code as well, but the aggravating part was the positioning of the spindle so that its the same each time its referenced.