It seems crazy that a brand-new CNC machine can crash if an operator forgets to set a tool length! It's far too easy of a mistake to make with catastrophic - and expensive - consequences!

This simple line of G-Code will stop any HAAS CNC machine from running if a tool has a 0.0" gage length (0.0" is the default value from the factory)! Even better than stopping the machine, we also create a custom alarm telling the operator that they need to set the tool length.

Note:
1) This method still doesn't stop the machine from crashing with the WRONG tool length
2) There are many other ways to tackle this problem; one other suggestion is setting all tools to a long length.

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