How to Raise the ShopSabre Spindle more during Tool Change

To have your spindle raise higher during Tool Change, you can follow the guide below:

Note: If you intend to use Dust Boot Spacers, you may want to decrease the number further to -4 or -2.

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Below is a method we found to revise our WinCNC configuration for our 2017 ShopSabre PRO 408 to both change the height while traversing and upgrade your ATC with our modular ATC pedestals.

TC.MAC

• Change Tool Unload Position # to +1 more than the number of new tool positions. For a 12 position = T13
• Change Height While Traversing - Optional but suggested - to raise your tool higher while traversing across the rest of the tools in X during a tool change, make the G53z-N number smaller. We changed ours from -8 to -6.
• Save File and close.

TU.mac

• Change Tool Unload Position # to +1 more than number of new tool positions. For a 12 position = T13
• Optional but suggested - to raise your tool higher while traversing across the rest of the tools in X during a tool change, make the G53z-N number smaller. We changed ours from -8 to -6.
• Save File and close.

define section

Some machines will also have some definitions (see image below)in the CNC.mac file. If you see those, here we'll make some changes. If not, don't worry about this.

• Optional but suggested - to raise your tool higher while traversing across the rest of the tools in X during a tool change, make the zdrop number smaller. We changed ours from -8.0 to -6.0