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    No problem - that's what I use. Haven't had a shock off it yet! I use a movable touchplate in conjunction with a fixed plate set into the bed which makes tool-changing in the middle of a job much easier. It's a bit fussy about which version of Mach3 you use but not sure about Mach4.

    Remember (if you haven't spotted it already) that the CSMIO has custom firmware in it for probing, and the best way to use a touchplate or probe is to use this via the CSMIO-specific functions. I wrote my own macros based on various examples available online designed for normal Mach3 but with modifications to use the CSMIO features, but again not sure about Mach4. When I built my machine Mach4 was still very flaky so I stuck to Mach3 and now it's all working, I'm not going to change!

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