Tool change in Estlcam

[jaybe24]

Hello,
I was building the RS-CNC duruing the last months. Now I am ready and everthing works fine.
Today I tryed a job with an tool change in Estlcam. When the CNC machine came to point of changing it just continued with the same router bit.
Are there any changes to make in Estlcam?
Thanks a lot.

[RoMaker]

Hi Jaybe,
When i want to change a tool with Estlcam, the easiest way is to do 1 gcode file per tool !
Ex: i start a gcode file with the first tool, when the job with the first tool is finished, the end mill go back to origin point, i change the tool, set the tool manualy at Z0 (without move X and Y) and lanch the second gcode file for the second tool...

[BrianM]

i edit my Gcode file with notepad++ so the spindle moves away from the job and is stopped using M5 the gcode run will then be paused with M0 i change the tool press resume the spindle will go back to its zero location and carry on i find this works well i can run one file with tool changes just make sure your tool offsets are set if your tools are different lengths, here is a snippet of how i do it.

X46.534 Y53.729 Z-10.606
X46.518 Y53.715 Z-10.479
X46.512 Y53.71 Z-10.35
G0 Z30
G0 Y-90
M5
M0
G28 G91 Y0
G90

(2D Contour2)
S5000 M3
G54
G0 X56.7 Y40.9
Z8
Z5
G1 Z3 F1000