Dave I am going to try this now and let you know in a little bit what is does.
BryannaB, So I went and watched the video and now it makes more sense,LOL I guess I must be a more visual person because it made way more sense after watching it. so in using this rule and the hand example, my machine is not correct according to the numbers and thus I think is causing my problems below is a brief description of what I do
I open Mach3 go to file and load G-code I find the file from Vcarve Pro and it loads into Mach3
I hit ref all home and it does this in the lower left corner of the machine which is fine and machine coordinates is all zeros
I then move/jog with the keyboard of my computer to the left corner of my work piece that I want to start cutting, (The numbers in the dro is going in a negative direction)
I then hit zero for X, Y, and Z
Then I hit cycle start, at this point the Z raises a little, the Y moves toward the front of the machine, and the X moves toward the left side of the machine, which is totally opposite of the direction it should be moving, it is moving away from my zero point that has been set for the work piece coordinates. At this point I have to stop the job because it would be cutting air and not my work piece,
Another issue that I think is part of the problem, if my machine coordinates is in the lower left corner of the table and I decide to move/jog to the back right corner, I thought my dro numbers should be going in a positive number and mine do not do that, they move in the negative direction according to the numbers