# Suggestion for new z axis capability for thicker hardwood

**URL:** <https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/suggestion-for-new-z-axis-capability-for-thicker-hardwood/698>\
**Category:** Technical Details\
**Created:** [September 19, 2017, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/suggestion-for-new-z-axis-capability-for-thicker-hardwood/698 "2017-09-19T07:05:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/suggestion-for-new-z-axis-capability-for-thicker-hardwood/698/21 "2017-10-02T07:07:35Z")

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the problem is that g-code is a very old language, and it doesn’t include any  
safeguards. It’s from a time when machine controllers had memory measured in  
KB(and single digit KB at that) and it wasn’t uncommon to be entering the g-code  
manually on the machine panel with a single line display.

The thing generating the g-code has only a limited idea what the machine that’s  
going to execute the g-code is like, and it all assumes that you aren’t telling  
it to do something wrong.

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