after both the cw and i got a good night's sleep, i decided to see if the measuring sensor/pressure rollers felt like working today, and amazingly i got the machine to properly measure a 11x5.25 work-piece as well as the end pieces in the jig. just to be sure i lifted the pressure rollers and tried it a second time, and again success.
i quickly ran to my computer and designed a simple centerline text sign using 60 degree bit and a 1/2 rout around the edge of the 11x5.25. NO carving bit at all. i installed the file into the cw and the system took me thru measuring again, blah,blah. it prompted me to load the 1/2 in. routing bit, went thru its thing, then prompted me to load the 60 deg. bit. it then went thru its thing and AGAIN prompted me to load the 60 deg. bit. it keeps doing this. i'm now stuck in this loop. when it moves toward the touch plate, i see the touch plate move out (making several clicking sounds), but the 60 deg bit doesn't seem to make contact on the plate with its point, SHOULD IT?
any ideas? at least i'm able to measure? i'm gonna try deleting the centerline text from the program and just rout.
thanks