Zero-ing Z on indexer

[The Workshop Barbados]

What's the easiest way to zero an indexer to the centre of the chuck?

I've been doing it by eye to the tail stock but this doesn't feel very accurate.

[brian.owen]

There are two "routines" in the current version of shopbot software that you'll want to look at -- the first is CN,14 -- which guides you through setting up an alternative home offset for your indexer. The second CN,13 will run a homing routine that will offset your bit to the center of your indexer. You'll just need to Z Zero your bit to the table before running CN,14 and CN,13 to correctly offset the Z Axis.