Drill dimple issue

Nah Phill, I got sidetracked with multiple other things - rope access techniques (and I'm shit scared of heights), fishing, then got a fishing boat, ice skating, family, etc.
My workshop got into a very neglected and disorganised state as a result, and I'm now trying to mend my ways and get back into CNC, etc.

Phill, what are you doing to me. I'm supposed to be getting ready for an ice skating session but now I'm all excited to read about that 

Seriously that's fantastic news, appreciated.

Just had a quick read. So let's say if I have a stiff bent wire probe that is mechanically moved directly under the torch, the torch will have to be higher up to allow that, and thus I've got a Z-offset.

If I've got this right this "Z offset" is the:
Ohmic Offset in the PROBING frame of the CONFIGURATION section of the PARAMETERS Tab

Is that correct ?

Cheers Phill, Qtplasmac just keeps getting better.

I gotta ask. How much time do you think you've put into Qtplasmac/Plasmac since you started it.

phillc54 wrote:

I have not kept track but it has been my "job" since I retired. 

Ah OK, so there's two heroes. Fantastic work guys.

A few years ago I got a kidney stone and I was off work for 5 weeks. I made a heap of progress designing/programming my torch height control in that time. I could literally go all day long writing/debugging code (takes longer when you're a beginner), testing physical signals, etc. It was a journey I enjoyed.
Since working a 9-5 I make very little progress with such stuff, and I always think how wonderful it would be to be retired so I had the time for such things. Hard to get into that "Zen" state when you only have an hour or two here and there, and you are knackered after work.