Originally Posted by
cyclestart
My wood cutting cnc machine uses a hardware store router. I think of the tool length as unrepeatable when changing tools. or at least I've never bothered trying to make the tool stick out the same distance every time.
I work without tool length offsets, just work piece (G5x) offsets xyz. No G43 and no tool table. Each tool gets it's own program and each tool change requires a touch off to update of G5x Z.
It's not a sophisticated method but it's brain-dead simple and reliable.