Hello all! I just got my new EX based machine and have been watching many of the Avid provided videos on the assembly and setup. One specifically that I liked was the job setup/zeroing the x, y and z on the new EX controllers and CNC12. In the video, Eric with Avid uses a laser crosshair to locate t…

Name: Touch Plate Utility - Avid CNC EX Controller
Uploaded: 2025-08-01T22:16:35Z
Description: [Touch Plate Utility - Avid CNC EX Controller] There’s a brief description at the 14-minute mark in this video

It doesn’t matter how you mount it. Just make sure it won’t move around. You could have it 10mm or 10 feet away from your spindle. You just have to calibrate the offset. It’s all done in the Set Part Zeros menu, very simple. That laser is a good one, but you also can use just about anything. On an…

Eric, If you 3D printed the mount for your Avid CNC, can you share the STL files with the community so we can use the same type of mount? I like the unit I sent the link for, which I am told is the one that you used.

This is the Fusion file I created: Fusion Share 2D and 3D design files and project files with anyone. You might want to use a STEP file if you’re printing on a Bambu printer. You’ll likely get better quality. You can create an STL from this file as well.

Jim Neeb has a video of how he attached a circular LED light and a centering laser on the dust shoe that is a pretty slick setup as well. [I added a Laser Crosshair and a Dust Shoe Light to my AVID CNC.]

This is really cool, I’m curious about how the offset is managed since it’s similar to what I’m doing in my Paper Tools software. It sounds like you zero the WCS, and when you load a GCode file the origin is based there? What I’ve done is tape one of my “square targets” at a known position. [targ…

I have installed a laser cross hair on my CNC12 system. Can you send me the link that described how to configure it?

[Touch Plate Utility - Avid CNC EX Controller] There’s a brief description at the 14-minute mark in this video

Ahh that one of cross hair…. You can use any kind of laser pointer or cross hair. You train it right in the Set Part Zeros menu. Super easy. I have a powered one on one machine and a cheap battery one on another machine and they both work great

I have set the offsets in “Set Part Zero / Laser” menu. X offset seems to work. However the Y offset is set to 2.0402 but when I goto zero the Y axis only moves about .2 inches. Any idea what may be wrong? Another funny thing that does not seem to be correct to me. That is when I home all of the ax…

Are you sure you’re talking about machine coordinates? Those can never go negative.

Laser Cross Hair Installation

JeffsDesign August 1, 2025, 10:16pm 8

There’s a brief description at the 14-minute mark in this video

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