minum error and homing
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www.gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/g-code/index.html
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wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Coordi...t_what_should_you_do
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wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CoordinateSystems
Normally you would...
Start the machine
Home all the axis
Jog the machine to the location of your material on the machine.
"touch off" to set your work coordinates
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in the setup of the stepper motors there is a 0-0 ratio I think I have this right not on my linux machine I no booo windows LOL is this in inxhs or mm can I cahnge the movement amounts here say I have a x- movement of 20inchs do I put 0-20 here? sorry I am really trying to learn as I am very new to all this

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After you home the machine move to your work piece location and hit "touch off" for each axis, not home.if I do jog to the zero home start and then click on the home button it moves to half way across the part again and wont let me set it to any where else.
You can set your machine up for imperial or metric.
As you do not have this hooked up to a machine yet are you using a sample simulator configuration? Which one?
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You will see that there is a dotted red box that shows the machine limits, and the toolpath will be inside that box. Or should be at least.
You should also see the current G-code origin and the current position of your tool inside the work envelope.
If you press the "touch off" button and set X Y Z to zero you will see the path preview move, and see the G-code origin move to be at your tool-tip.
You can set X Y Z to values other than zero, too. Try it, attempt to get a feel for what this does, and how it moves the tool path around inside the machine envelope.
Typical G-code has an origin at some base part feature or at the corner or middle of the starting material. The g-code origin is _never_ at the upper front left corner of the work envelope where the machine absolute origin is.
Once the tool path preview lies entirely inside the machine envelope box, the code will run.
This will all make a great deal more sense when you start making actual parts.
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If you would touch off so that the current position of x and y (your machine origin) is something like x4 and y4. The file should run for you.
There are several way you can do that, you can press the touch off button and input 4, or you can jog over 4 and press the touch off button and press enter.
There are more ways to do it, but baby steps first.
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