On Monday 24 December 2018 14:56:15 Roland Jollivet wrote: > Hi Gene > > Have you considered a separately mounted probe. Have a look at these > two Datron machine videos and see what you think. You seem to enjoy > playing with offsets ;-) so it should suit you. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PC9ezN6cno > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51FxvsCnMJc > Neat, Roland, thanks for the links. But that would depend on a rather precise swing mount, and I'd still assume a direct electrical contact. OTOH, a swing mount on preloaded ball bearings could be just as repeatable, with a spring loaded up or down stop. Or possibly driven by a teeny windshield wiper motor. I have one out of a window winder thats just the right size I'll consider it once I get it moving under its own power.
> So, with a separate probe; > - you never have to worry about fitting it into the spindle > - it's readily available > - wiring for the probe can be permanent > - you can customize the probe as you progress All of which is enticing, for sure. > > Also, if the probe was mounted to the left of the spindle, you could > add a USB camera to the right. Then you could eyeball(on screen) a jog > to a feature, then run a probe routine, and then machine. > Getting the camera to work seems to be problematic even with the new software driver. If the image on screen ever expands so it touches the cameras native resolution it goes byby until LCNC is restarted again. Does it with 3 different cameras I've tested. > Of course, one can swing the probe out the way, or have it on a > separate vertical slider, and simply retract it. I'm thinking, ignore the grinding noise. :) However I mount the probe, it should key its mount to the motor else it will need recalibration everytime its moved to get it completely out of the way. Thanks Roland. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
