Using a M97 subroutine on HAAS Mini-mill using multiple offsets!! For beginners/Intermediate

Hello everyone!! WOW.....its been awhile since I've made a video!!! Anyway, in this video I'm hoping to teach beginners who have never programmed on a CNC machine what a M97 code is and a short programming example. I manually write new programs at the machine controller and that's kind of what these videos are all about. Most places now probably have a dedicated person for writing programs and drawing blueprints...but, If you are just starting out and need to learn how to program by hand, I hope these videos will help :-)


A M97 code is known as a local subroutine......you could be asking yourself.....what's that! (Haha!!) In short, when you create a program, if you are running multiple pieces and you give the each piece a different offset..G54..G55..G56..G57, etc, etc.....you can do a M97 call to jump down to the desired number in the program. M97 subroutine stays within the program you are running.....IF you use a M98, that jumps out of the program your running to a whole other program in memory......we don't wanna do that here :-)


So in this video I'm gonna show you a quick and easy way of running multiple parts using offsets G54-G57. Be sure to run the program in graphics double checking what you wrote!!!

I do realize this may be a bit more advanced video for beginners....but, I still figured it could help out.

Please be sure to check out my playlist of my other CNC videos!!