9 Lines of Code Every CNC Machinist Needs To Know! - Haas Automation Tip of the Day

9 Lines of code are all you need to get started. But they're also what you need to really understand, if you're planning on being a knowledgeable CNC programmer.
In this Tip of the Day, Mark shows us where to START and where to go after we've got those first 9 lines under our belts.
You can find all of Mark's bonus content for the video here:
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Mark mentions other videos that are related to the material in this video. Here are the links to those videos:
Set Work Offsets Manually: • How to: Set a work off...
Set Work Offsets with Probe: • Set Work Offsets in Se...
Set Tool and Work Z Offsets: • How to: Set Tool Lengt...
Set Tool Offsets with Probe: • Tool Offsets Explained...
Complete Part Setup: • Make a Part From Start...
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[@johnbelfiglio562]

I’ve been programming for 20 years and have to say that this is a very good explanation of the basics. Very well done. You’re a great teacher. I look forward to watching some five axis vids.

[@sulemansyed9370]

Hi John

[@vitalijslebedevs1629]

@@marsel8718 Confidential, usually. In my company no-one knows what a worker next to him gets. However, working 40h weeks and negotiating the best i could, my monthly wage was €830. It d

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[@johnbelfiglio562]

@@amitkumarsingh7918 hi. What’s up?

[@johnbelfiglio562]

@@marsel8718 Omg. Sorry I didn’t see any of these comments sooner. To be honest, it all depends on how far you want to take it. If you get into being in applications engineering for a machine tool company, you could make close to 200,000 a year. Depending on how much you work otherwise, it depends on the position you hold I am a machine programmer, but I am also the Director of manufacturing and engineering at my company. So the sky can be the limit. Just go for it!

[@frankcruz1751]

Thank you Mark to share all of your knowledge with us. I never missed one. This had been helping me a lot all of these years. God bless and continue educating us.

[@andrehughes8882]

I’m speechless this gentle just explain exactly what I needed to know in such a simple way without giving too much information at once

[@bbarker5766]

This is probably one of the best tip vids that you all have done!

[@mamdouhnoshy7377]

Thank you kindly, I am so thankful for completing the "Haas Certification Program", online.

[@mubafaw]

This has got to be one of the best structured and highly motivating introductory videos of CNC machine code I've seen. Thanks!!!!!!

[@arseniiivasenko4337]

Thanks at least for the fact that the company not only sells its products, but also shares useful info with others. Personally, I thank you for helping to understand the essence of the CNC without breaking the damn cutters.

[@superabbasalmani6079]

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[@maryanderson2507]

I wish you would have taught all of my classes in high school. What an excellent teacher! My husband is an operator and they have been promising to teach him to program for 3 years. Over the years he has figured out some basics and can modify, etc. I just forwarded him this tutorial, he is going to love your stuff!

[@MaquinerosCNC]

your videos comes better and better everyday, and I enjoy it even more! thanks!

[@shaunblack6404]

I enjoy coming here to re-learn basics. I work for Eaton Aerospace so I program 5 axis everyday. This guy makes things simple and it makes sense.

[@richardm7614]

I will have to say thanks for the tips. I am working in a prototype shop with one other machinist who finished school a year before me (I only finished the program last year with the CNC certificate on top of my machining diploma) and having nobody with years of experience to help with the transition from student to machinist has been somewhat interesting. We run Haas VF3, TM2 (usually me running that one) and a TL2 (have been spending a lot of time on it over the past few months and have earned the title "lathe guy" from some of the engineers), so learning simple tips like what you show are always helpful. They are even more useful as I plan on returning to my school as a part time teacher (only requires 2 years minimum experience), so several things from these videos will be going into any CNC classes I end up getting involved with or just generally helping out students that are in those classes. Can't wait to learn more to improve upon my knowledge for better ways to have parts coming out of the shop.

[@pplhhg]

Hi Mark , your videos are ever exhaustive I see the bonus video !

[@superabbasalmani6079]

Hello Master ! I am your new fan because you explained it so easily that everyone understands it! God bless you & your Haas colleagues!

[@herbaIous]

this video deserves so much more spotlight

[@HighGear7445]

Decades ago I setup/ran and programmed a VF-2 . I had years of manual experience and a few years with a conversational cnc mill. When I was asked to run the Hass I was the only one there that had cnc milling experience but no g code experience. The Hass programming book was just a wealth of information that within a month I could program anything that the machine could possibly do. It also had a rotary 4th axis that I used on occasion. On line support had very useful information I could use also. Everything was easy to understand. I even did some hard milling on it and saved a tremendous amount of time vs surface grinding. We didn't have Cam at the time so all hand typed in but it wasn't difficult.

[@kylepetersen1915]

This is exactly what I was looking for to help me know what path to take for learning CNC. It feels like there is so much to learn and this is a nice starting point. The ending also helped me know what to do next, thank you!

[@joeapache342]

Thank you Mark for sharing your knowledge. You are a great Master CNC. God bless you.

[@kashmiriabdul]

Love it, no one have ever explain the basic of gcode like this way before. its great. I am going to watch all other videos of you Sir. Keep sharing knowledge for learners like me. Thanks again.

[@paulkennedy667]

Excellent tutorial, extremely important to empower knowledge in this widening field ...thank you Mark for your contributions...😊

[@sorianor55]

Thank you for this video! Now I can read the program in our system. This will be my fundamental for the meantime.. Again, thank you Haas!

[@sigourneywhaynedavid4650]

Haas tip of the day is always helpfull. Gives me a lot of new things that I didn't know. Thank you so much Haas

[@chriswaldorf1560]

Excellent video. Clear and straightforward. Thank you.

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[@KidTheFail]

I'm just getting into this, and this is a HUGE help!

[@MaghoxFr]

Great presenter and awesome series, a lot of work and care was put into it and it shows. Thank you

[@thomasandersen8309]

I have programed ISO for about 5 years and then i met Haidenhein ,from that "Day" i never go back to ISO again...... But i enjoy the channel here.....you got some good tips here and there... :-)

[@purushottamkumar-kx9nf]

Mr. Mark thanks for sharing valuable information with your user .... And with upcoming Users......

[@adammalysz7810]

Your videos are great for somebode who srarts with cnc. Greetings from Poland. Many thanks

[@bujji2123]

Thank you Mark sir to share all of your knowledge with us.

[@vijaymanjarekar7737]

Thank you ,This had been helping me a lot all of these years. God bless and very nice

[@craigburton665]

Thanks Terry, this really helps. Keep em comin!!!!

[@collinpcunningham]

I am very appreciative of this content!

[@CraigHollabaugh]

G-Code Vol 1 of 237, classic! Nice introduction. Thanks for the video.

[@kprisoner4454]

This video made me understand gcode. Thank you from Japan.

[@weblogmovie]

You are a great teacher. Thank you...

[@HITTAGAME]

As a young setup machinist the explanation of dot to dot XYZ locations I never realized thats what it was for. You got my sub

[@IronBalls007]

Very interesting and correct basic info, thx for sharing!

[@tonygombas491]

I hit the like button and I also like you I find you are an excellent instructor I enjoy your videos very much I am learning a ton of stuff thank you from Canada 🇨🇦

[@garytodd5605]

Thanks Mark, I enjoy your tips. I'm a back yard manual machinist that has the CNC CERTIFICATE. But have never worked in the CNC trade. Mainly because my regular gig pays well and too close to retirement to start at the bottom of the food chain. I have manual machines but I can see a cnc mill in my retirement plan. The desktop Hass CNC machine realy peaked my interest. Trying to figure out how to break the news to my wife I want to buy another $8000. Toy for my shop without causing permanent damage to our 43 year marriage. You would think she would be used to my propensity for expensive toys by now. You are a great teacher.

[@rapturefox7068]

😂prays my man😅

[@ankithmistry]

Love your humours explanation I dont have hass mill, I have my own built Linux CNC but still I love to watch your videos 💚

[@matthewchapman2494]

I love it and I love you! Not a programmer but understand!

[@basharalngar1567]

Go on, go on, go on, go on, forever I loved your charisma

[@withhonor816]

Very useful program and I have to say, straight to the point. Love your content and it really is that simple. I am a huge fan followers. Thanks for the knowledge and for showing all that you need to know about CNC. Please like and subscribe. You will NOT be disappointed.

[@firetip198]

thank-you for making this great video!

[@neerajarora5330]

Excellent way of transferring knowledge. Thanks a lot.

[@Patricio-valeur.]

❤

[@briansmith7094]

Haas really does a great job on these videos.

[@imaamericangirl1406]

Mark is fantastic, right?!

[@-PlayMaker-]

Dude the desktop machine with a pen tip is freaking genius

[@LTPersaud]

I was like oh yeah pen tip, for fine carving. NOPE, it’s a real pen :P

[@geovanimanuelrosalesquesad7150]

Gracias por compartir sus conocimientos con la comunidad, gracias..

[@moeshouse575]

in 1980 where i was working the older machinist got to learn to run the new K & T cnc mills. to say we had a steep learning curve is a big understatement. these new machine couldnt interalate going around a corner. we had to input point to point by hand.

[@mariocortes1337]

Very helpful video thanks haas!

[@abhisamson4690]

Thanks sir ,fr the basic attachment which shared with us ,its so useful, 🙏

[@blenderhander9485]

Big fan of your lessons.🤩

[@EdgAdmRmz001]

Thanks a lot I will add similar videos on my pages to help improve Maintenace and operations

[@steelwheelsminnesota]

So many rules. So much easier when you incorporate all the defaults and tool length call into the tool change macro.

[@f10rin_]

Thank you for sharing these informations with us :)

[@justicemoses7066]

Thanks so much for the heads up, I so much have a passion to learn the cnc programming. I will also love to get the codes if possible.

[@dineshvyas]

At 3:13 pronounced CNC as CMC and became cheery red. It happens with everyone. Great video.

[@sabercruiser.7053]

THANK YOU HAAS VERY VERY MUCH REALY U GUYS ARE THE BEST.

[@Kyle5K]

I just got a job in the field, got put on a Haas making simple parts, I want to know how as much as I can. I'm in school as well so I feel like a deer in headlights somewhat. Great video, thanks.

[@vikaspatil6983]

Great work sir👍👍👍

[@wrighty338]

This is a great exercise

[@jameswest685]

Dang! Thank you, I can only hit the like button only 1 time, epiphany, wow!

[@zztuber6164]

excellent vid... thanks

[@craigmcdonald2110]

Thanks so helpful great information 👍

[@caros4279]

I wish all teachers could prepare classes like this one.

[@DavidtheSwarfer]

brilliant (and you guys are having far too much fun). bet yer people are going to run production on those minimills...

[@dylansmith3660]

I am currently learning the old Haas SL30 at my job. I am freshly graduated from 4-year machinist apprentice school and am soaking up as much CNC knowledge as possible. This video series is awesome. Definitely need this. Subscribed!

[@hassaanawan9606]

What kind of salary are you getting ? I know it's such a superficial question and very location based, but I'm curious. Thankyoh

[@dylansmith3660]

@@hassaanawan9606 I work for a Department of the Navy owned shipyard. I’m a WG-10. I’m hourly not salary.

[@Tnj8228]

​@hassaanawan9606 I've never been to a class for cnc 6 years experience running varying machines from crap lathes and mills to extremely nice lathes and mills. I make 32 a hour. Average about 80k with ot. Think I got like 84 last year this year we got less ot so a little less. Hoping to get a little higher wage soon and break that 100k mark. Alot of machinists / operators make less than me though. I even make more than half of the journeymen make in our shop. Seattle area just to give you a reference point. If you want real money get into hvac lol

[@venom5610]

Great stuff

[@manarayofhope2374]

You made that so easy to understand that even me a 35 year old janitor could understand it thank you!

[@mattking8202]

Great videos! We recently had a new VF2 installed and it's amazing just how closely it matches out now ancient VF2 from the late 90s in terms of control. Made it easy for me to transition over, taking in to consideration a few new buttons and a fancier display. Would love a CAM system. We free hand all our programming here, but are looking to invest in that at some point. I dont know how any of that works but I would love to learn, sounds like the way forward and a huge time saver I bet

[@grindexfloormachines7579]

HI MATT, i am getting in my TM-0P october 3/22 i have cad nailed but no experience on the cam side of things. what did you end up doing?

[@robertlevangie2954]

I found this video to be very informative, i'm just starting to learn G-code and i'm looking for any short cuts that i can get. I'm a visual learner so videos are great for me.

[@RedDragon-wl7ql]

what a Awesome video it help me of lot.

[@grid001]

Very good. Thanks.

[@MrLentomannen3]

When I learned CNC programming back in 1991-1993, we started with this. We programmed the CNC and had a pencil in the tool holder. If we have programmed the program correctly, we had our picture.

[@mariocortes1337]

Thank you very much

[@Daen_ger1]

4:25 I remember making my first homer. It was a good time.

[@ciscohernandez4384]

Mark great video. I kinda did it backwards. I'm an engineer by trade. Didn't know a thing about CNC. Learned a bit on a chinese CNC i bought to learn the basics (using MACH 3 then) until I just went for it, quit my $140,000+ job and opened up my shop running a VF-5SS. Crazy scary. I relied heavily on my CAM system and it certainly got me through since I didn't know G code. But as the code is posted, I've been taking the time to understand more of what is being spit out, especially the G and M codes. Videos like these definitely help with that so thank you. Don't be mad because I learned G code backwards though :( lol I'm sure a basic program can be written by hand pretty quickly, the conversational programming is pretty good as well. But more complex toolpaths, especially 3D surfacing would be a nightmare to do by hand. Because of my background, I know CAD/CAM extremely well, with my G code knowledge growing slowly. But I think they are mutually exclusive. It does make you a better programmer if you know both though. Keep up the good content.

[@markterryberry4477]

Cisco Hernandez I programmed for only a couple of weeks by hand before jumping into a CAM system, and never looked back. If you had just 100 hours to learn to run a CNC, I’d spend maybe 5 hours on these basic G-codes, 10 hours on setups (making things straight, setting offsets, using an indicator/probe), 10 hours on tools (drills/end mills/taps..) and their speeds and feeds then the remaining 75 hours getting to know my CAM system. I just made this schedule up, but you get the idea. The way you described learning things through your CAM system is a solid approach. We only have so much time - Mark

[@ciscohernandez4384]

@@markterryberry4477 Completely agree. When I was in the engineering world, we were design aerospace systems for Space X, Boeing, Lockeed, Northrop, etc. I got to test some of the equipment in the field, but man, my attention was always on the floor. On my own time I'd go an talk to the operators to pick their brain. Some had 30 yrs of experience! Are you kidding me, there was no way I'd ever learn what they knew on programming manually. At that time, the idea of running my own shop was so far fetched, this was in 2012. As channels like yours, NYC CNC, Titan and other started to come out it certainly has made it possible for guys that have no experience to jump in and learn. It's been a hell of a ride and the learning curve is steep as hell, I have had some very expensive mistakes but man am I happy. The business is growing and my experience with it. Fortunately, I have been able to stay profitable. Once again, thank you for all the content. I live in California so maybe one day we'll get to meet to discuss things more in detail. Keep em coming!

[@MrNinjaman63]

@@ciscohernandez4384 I know this is a very old comment but you learning that code is not only valuable for making money but the guys on the floor respect you so much more if you know what you're talking about and can work through something with them.

[@ciscohernandez4384]

@@MrNinjaman63 Very true. During the time i've been programming I'm certainly polishing my skills understanding more of the code and getting deeper into post processors. And well it also helps I'm the owner of the shop lol. Either way, in my experience it's more of a people thing having the floor's respect vs. knowledge. When I don't know something I don't hesitate to ask and operators have absolutely no problem walking me through the ropes. They help me in some areas I help in others. Thanks for the comment

[@ramonbenitez3757]

Awesome!!!!!!!!

[@johnraymacato8009]

thanks a ton sir!

[@theothersteve]

Super handy to know if you're running a simple one-off part and don't have time to CAD/CAM it or if you need to debug a program. Also, the tool change commands are helpful on older machines when setting up or changing out tooling. G-code IS still relevant and useful to know!

[@nikolasimeunovic9086]

Is relevant and always will be. G code is simplest way to program your cnc .

[@kw2519]

I fat finger half my code lol faster than drawing and transmitting the code.

[@matthewchapman2494]

Hass machines are famous for being not only user friendly but the conversational side is easily understood by New folks as well as others.

[@phillhuddleston9445]

Most if not all CNC's still run on G-code so it's absolutely helpful to know it when problem solving and making small changes so you don't have to create an entirely new program on CAD.

[@RedDragon-wl7ql]

the video help me out thank you so much

[@kylehall7676]

Very well done good job!!,,,

[@bukoskuz2299]

I can dig it!

[@gurudevmohanty179]

Excellent

[@hithere3609]

#VeryCool! #ThankYou! for keeping it positive. This video shows what is possible if we all try to get the best grades in school. Please in the next video give a shout out for all those who are coming up. By shooting out "YA HOOOOO!"

[@mariocortes1337]

Thank you teacher very much

[@danmccurry3810]

Thanks for breaking the CNC machining process into bite size pieces.

[@JoeKyser]

I learned my first code on a turret punch press . Super easy code. So easy I would write code right on the machine to make personal stuff lol.

[@nelsoncarvalho7]

U funny af, keep with ur good work, enjoyed.

[@sshankar8639]

you are savage in your explanation dude

[@divakarshukla]

Love from india 🇳🇪

[@pako_tube6898]

Thank you Sir;

[@konstantinleonenko4934]

Thank you for being part of our success! Seriously, thank you for the amazing videos and ... machines )) there's a great document linked in the bonus content - the mill programming workbook. However it says VF/EC series. Would it wok on our pre-ngc TM-1? Or would you have a similar document for this machine?

[@markterryberry4477]

That programming workbook is great for programming the TM Toolroom Mill as well. The TM can use the same code as a VF. Thanks for the comment!

[@mogeebaljamali5394]

Thank you

[@archangel20031]

FINALLY! Not a list of 5 or 10!

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best videos

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Just...Excelent...

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ótimo bem explicado.

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Watching this video one word comes to mind.....DOH!