Thread: CNC Probe - Tried this one?
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02-06-2016 #1
Has anyone tried one of these probes??
http://medw.co.uk/wiki/CNC+Probe
Seems it might work ok, price is good.
Good or bad idea?
The other option is a 3d-taster device but the cost is way higher, proven to work though.
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02-06-2016 #2
To me they appear to be chalk and cheese and the first is little more than a slightly adjustable £10 cheap probe which allows you to dial out spindle run out but only if placed 100% accurately into spindle every time where as the Haimer type is a quality precision tool.
I would go for the standard £10 probe or the quality precision tool and dismiss the first but thats just my opinion, I can see no great gains from the design just a lot of faffing for little gain.
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02-06-2016 #3
The only real benefit i can see with an electronic one is that you can use Mach probing macro's etc.
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02-06-2016 #4
I do that with an upside down 4mm broken mill for nothing.
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02-06-2016 #5
Hmm, but the work or tool needs to be isolated for the circuit to work no??
Last edited by Davek0974; 02-06-2016 at 01:04 PM.
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02-06-2016 #6
Not on my current MDF bed and on the mill usually in the vice when edge or centre finding vice is easy to isolate when mounting.
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