On 06/15/2013 09:01 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
> I have no idea, how difficult that actually might be.

Given the requirement that it match the extruder nozzle height to within 
0.05 mm (more or less) over a wide temperature range, it's a *very* 
tough problem. I think separating the nozzle height measurement from the 
platform probe operation might be the only way to make both of them work 
properly.

I put a simple switch on my much-modified Thing-O-Matic's platform and 
poked it with the extruder nozzle to set the zero height position, but 
that's obviously a poor general solution:

http://softsolder.com/2011/05/18/thing-o-matic-z-minimum-platform-height-switch/

Those platform pictures come from the days of ABS slurry on Planet 
Barbie... [wince]

I think a pogo test pin with a side flag tripping an optical 
interrupter, perhaps through an amplifying lever, might be workable for 
platform probing, but I won't believe it until I run the numbers.

-- 
Ed
softsolder.com


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