Mach3 Offsets - X, Y and Z axis tool and position probing - Customizing your own user interface

#Mach3 #DIYCNCMill #3018CNC #Fusion360 #Tutorials Here's the link to download the 3D CAD model of the probe plate and the scripts that are used in this video: After the incident happened in my last video when I lost the X and Y position while milling, I decided that I need to have a setup that will let me recover the coordinates on all axis without using any reference from the stock. I designed a simple probe plate that you can mill from a piece of Aluminum. Any metal rod that is straight and round can be used as probe (in my case, I use a shank of a broken bit with diameter of 4mm). Just remember to use the same probe for when getting and setting the offset values then the diameter of the probe is not a factor that will affect the process and you can forget about it. The 2 scripts for probing the Z axis zero, I download them from a forum that I can't remember the link so I can only thank the developer here. I wrote 4 scripts myself after reading other people's scripts and learned a bit about macro language of Mach3 from them. I only spent a few hours to developed and programmed all of this so I'm sure you can do it easily. With the appropriated work flow, you won't need to worry about losing your working coordinate anymore. You can always recover the X, Y and Z axis zero very easily.