On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 22:23, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> one thing I didn't try at the time was a threading zero'er because it > would have taken a second, z offset calibrated bit of pcb to sense the > single tooth threading tools. I would argue that you don't really care where the point of the tooth is with a threading tool, you care where the shoulder of to tool is so that you can stop at shoulders on the work. And that is easy to sense with your proposed widget. Making your own version of the Renishaw HPPA might not be all that hard, and looking at the layout of it might give some useful clues. https://www.renishaw.com/en/high-precision-arms-with-rp3-tool-setting-probe--6098 (Note to self, I really ought to try making and writing-up my idea for a really simple-to-make kinematic probe) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
