Mine are all permanently mounted, as a proper tool height setter should be.
Phil T. The Feral Engineer Check out my LinuxCNC tutorials, machine builds and other antics at www.youtube.com/c/theferalengineer Help support my channel efforts and coffee addiction: www.patreon.com/theferalengineer Order one of the coolest label makers on the market at http://labelworks.epson.com, use coupon code "theferalengineer" and receive 20% off of your order 🙂 On Tue, Nov 29, 2022, 8:25 PM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote: > My tool height sensor arrived today. Needless to say I dropped everything > (almost) to play with it. Nicely sensitive. Good over travel before NC > sensor opens so that second switch could be in series with Z axis limit. > > The photo here > http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/TouchProbe/TouchPosition-1.jpg > shows the location the table goes to for the tool change position. Just a > tad off X and Y limit switches. > > I've placed the sensor under that location to eyeball where it would > likely be the best place to mount. Trouble is I'm not really happy with > the idea of a permanent mount. It's really in the way. > > I could move it to the back of the table but all that space to the left > for clamping or even just sliding the vise out of the way is still > obstructed by the sensor. > > Since I'm using TTS holders for most things (face mill and larger drill > chucks are R8) so for a standard make 5 of something I can see setting the > tools into the LinuxCNC tool table, changing tools and the setter isn't > even needed once the tools have had their length entered into the tool > table. > > It's when I need that one or two tools like drill bits that need to be > measured on the fly that a tool change and then tool measurement operation > are needed. > > For the LinuxCNC users out there, using a tool height sensor similar to > this what do you do? > > Leave it in place forever? > > Leave it in place for the job? > > Place it and hold down with say a toggle clamp (or something) when needed? > > I realize this will be an "It depends" answer. > > There's also the option to hook up air to clean the top and not even > bother with the tool table length entry. Just measure it each time but > that seems time consuming. > > Thanks > John > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
