I'm using Carbide Create v6 and had an issue with changing a tool

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I created a job for an advanced vcarve in Carbide Create v6. the first operation in the advanced Vcarve is to use a 1/8th EM to clear out some material and then change over to the 60 deg v bit for the detail. GSender recognized the pause for me to change bits. I raised the router to access the bit, powered off the router and changed to the 60 deg V. I was about to set the new zero on my Z axis bit GSender would not allow me to jog the machine at all. The only option I had was a resume to job which I knew wasn’t right.

What did I do wrong?

Lou

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I’m having the same issues. Not sure on what the solution might be but I just want to follow this post. What I have done as a solution is to stop the job, change the tool, then “start from line” to restart with the new tool. Not ideal but it works.

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If you want the M6 toolchange command, you’ll need to set the post processor to Shapeoko with bitsetter or something like that. Otherwise, you just get an M0 pause on toolchange.