HOW TO USE the BitZero V2 with BitSetter and Carbide Motion - CNC WOODWORKING

In this video I show you how to probe with the BitZero V2 when you have a BitSetter connected. I will probe the corners and the Z axis before running a job.
TOOLS and MATERIALS
Shapeoko 4 XL
BitZero V2 for Shapeoko
Shapeoko BitSetterMaktia RT0700C
1/4” Flat Cutter
Oak Hardwood
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[@nmurphy7281]

This video was so helpful! I'm very new to using a CNC, when using the BitZero V2 to set the z axis I still had it on the corner which was causing it to cut a little bit through the bottom of the project and the wasteboard. Couldn't figure out why, but this fixed it!

[@logicron]

Im happy it helped :)

[@logicron]

So happy it helped :)

[@ClintonCaraway-CNC]

Just a observation.... First you can jog the bit as far into the cup as you want. Secondly you don't have to run the second probing cycle for Z....It sets X-Y and Z the first time.

[@logicron]

Thats what the software claims but i have tested several times, it does not set the Z first time

[@jaymedavis7567]

Hi there - thanks for the video! I probed x-y first, then probed z just like you did in the video. For some reason, when mine goes to start the job, it starts the z way too high up, so it's not actually cutting anything. I wonder if I should be probing the z with the bitzero directly on the bed, but that doesn't sound right if this is working for you. I have the bitsetter as well, appreciate any feedback :) edit: I had my stock thickness zero height set to "Bottom" instead of "Top" in Carbide Create Pro. Forgot to redo my model after I bought the bitzero. Hope this helps someone else!

[@logicron]

Thats stange i had the exact same problem, but that was before i probed the Z after i did x-y. Did you home the mashine properly in the begining? maybe try to reverse and do Z first? Let me know how it goes!

[@jaymedavis7567]

@@logicron the first thing I do when I start my process is center the router and zero all. I'm not sure why the x,y,z probing doesn't just set it correctly.... but if I zero all first it works everytime

[@logicron]

@@jaymedavis7567 Do you also have the bitsetter connected? Thats when it started becoming strange for me , when i added that one.

[@jennaperminas8207]

I'm going to try this way. I did my first job with the BitZero V2 using the corner technique only and it went to deep.

[@rocar8677]

The only way it works for me , good luck!

[@logicron]

That what exactly what happened to me , the mashine did not know the Z. Hope it workes for you

[@Love2FlyKAP]

Use a solid rod and NOT an end mill. Hold the BitSetter in place, if not it will move when probing the X-Y. You do have to do the Z separately.

[@logicron]

Thanks for your info!

[@Christian-eh8iu]

If using a reference-pin instead of the endmill, then you have to set the z-axis once again, when changing from pin to endmill. So I don't see the idea of the (provided) reference-pin. Maybe if you use a single-flute endmill. Cheers

[@logicron]

Good point you would have to set z axis again@@Christian-eh8iu

[@Love2FlyKAP]

The issue is if you do not have the cutting edges of the bit, 2 flute cutter, tangent to the Bit-Zero opening you will not have the true diameter of the cutter-bit.

[@oldbroncoguy]

@@Christian-eh8iuHe's got a bitsetter, so after using the pin on the bitzero Carbide Motion sends it over to the bitsetter where you install your endmill and it then uses the bitsetter to reset Z. Pretty simple process.

[@flowreader6755]

Thanks for the video, very helpful. A question: I assume that the bitzero has a lip to it to keep it in place on the corner; when you moved it off the corner to get your z setting, wouldn't it then no longer be sitting flat?

[@logicron]

Thats correct it has a corner and dont sit flat but it does set the Z correctly

[@QuangDo-l2u]

Why you have to do Z separately? Mine does all x, y, z all at once first time.

[@logicron]

And it works fine for you? I have never gotten Z , have to do it separate

[@jeffreyramkaransingh2000]

How thick is the stock you are using? Can Shapeoko cut through 1 1/4 inch stock?

[@logicron]

I cannot remember now about 5 cm

[@FFRICH1]

Do you have to do the probe in the bottom left or can you do any corner?

[@logicron]

You can do other corners

[@engineerofalltrades]

Doesn’t it already measure Z in the first procedure?

[@clevo12]

No, it doesn't work. You have to set Z separately. I destroyed the material a couple of times just because I thought that Z was also set.

[@logicron]

No for some reason it does not.

[@ClintonCaraway-CNC]

Yes it does. The first probing sequence is all you have to do.

[@logicron]

@@ClintonCaraway-CNC have you tried it? for me and a few others it doesnt do Z first, the software says so but it doesnt

[@joshuabray37]

@@ClintonCaraway-CNCit might work for you (seriously, I’m sure it does, not debating that), but for me and others, we also have to do it separately.

[@niyonkurufrank2323]

How jog position menu come

[@logicron]

Im sorry i dont understand what you mean

[@CryoftheProphet]

probably shouldnt be using an end mill to do this, the space between the flutes wont be able to give you a true reading

[@logicron]

What do you suggest to use?

[@CryoftheProphet]

@@logicron typically you would use a machinists dowel, something round so that you don’t have flutes giving inaccurate readings. They make some that are even precision so you can get a really good reading, they are meant to be measured at the very end and are typically longer.

[@rocar8677]

@@CryoftheProphet thanks for the info!

[@renderuthis]

I do not like the jog controller, its the worst Ive seen

[@logicron]

its not the best true

[@brentncindy9023]

Any reason why it touches the top of the Bitzero while it's doing to X and Y? I thought it was setting the Z when it did that.

[@logicron]

Thats what its supposed to do but for some reason it dont for me and many others