Something that has been plaguing me for a while, is manually zero'ing Z height between tools between each operation. 1 part could require up to 10 tool changes. Working with and without a vice, and varying stock heights, this eats up allot of time, otherwise spent making chips!

With the help of a bunch of awesome people, I was able to create a macro which speeds up my workflow.

Huge thanks to;
ThorbenH (Github): https://github.com/winder/UniversalG...
Joerg ‪@JBWorx‬
Myles ‪@NEWTechCreative‬
Pete ‪@RootCNC‬

The Macro uses the G59 Coordinate system to temporarily store a Z offset. If you use G59 for something else, this can easily be changed to any other free WCS by editing the macro.

Please note, you will have to zero out your G59 (or other WCS) to the position of your tool setter, and it's a good idea to do this in XY, and Zero Z at the top of your machines travel.

Macro:

G92.1; G90; G53 G0 Z0; G59; G0 X0 Y0; G0 Z0; G91; G38.2 Z90 F300; G0 Z2; G38.2 Z10 F30; G4 P.25; G38.4 Z10 F20; G4 P.25; G38.2 Z10 F10; G4 P.25; G38.4 Z10 F5; G4 P.25; G92 Z0; G0 Z5 F3000; G90; G53 G0 Z0 F3000; G54;

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00:00 Intro to Tool Setter Program
00:53 Streamdeck for Machine control
01:13 Disclaimer
01:30 Load first tool
02:28 Probe first tool
02:56 Move to G54 Zero
03:38 Change to next tool
03:59 Probe new tool
04:23 Checking Z Offset
04:51 Change to next tool
05:03 Probe new tool
05:16 Checking new Z Offset
05:27 The Macro
05:40 Special thanks!