On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 1:44 AM, Rob Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just make sure the top surface is a perfect level, if it's not then the
> height will change with different diameter cutters.
>
Will do. It makes me wish I had a nice granite surface plate, and height
gauge. I used to wonder what people did with those, but lately I've been
finding lot of uses for them.
A friend made a probe that measures the height, connected this to the probe
> input and added a zeroing macro to his machine.
How possible are zeroing macros like this in EMC2? I believe I can do it
manually by touching-off from a manually found zero point, but I've been
seeing a lot of automated zeroing with things like what you mention on
YouTube lately, especially in Mach 3, and I've wanted similar.
I've been getting closer to using the tool table concept lately. I haven't
had any fixed-length tools, though, and no automated changer, so it's been
mostly pointless. I did finally buy a few more end-mill holders, so I can
devote a couple to common tools, meaning I can get some repeatable tool
lengths on the mini mill, but no more than probably 2, maybe 3 :) They're
just so pricey for me for the Sherline, at $30/ea. I'm sure that's very low
when compared to big machines, but it is just a hobby, after all. $30/ea.
adds up quickly when you want handfuls of them.
-g
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