Hi...thanks...if so simple ...why are some 3d digitizer probes $200
UOTE=Fastest1;2349702]A probe is just a simple electronic switch. Insulate a piece of drill rod in a holder, connect a wire to it from the input pin.[/QUOTE]
Printable View
Hi...thanks...if so simple ...why are some 3d digitizer probes $200
UOTE=Fastest1;2349702]A probe is just a simple electronic switch. Insulate a piece of drill rod in a holder, connect a wire to it from the input pin.[/QUOTE]
Different sorts of probes are used for different things. The one Fastest refers to would be useful for finding a piece of metal on the bed of your mill. But a digitizing probe is more complicated; it has to register the features of a non-conductive 3D part by bumping into it and recording the points of contact. Typically they consist of a shaft with a flange on it that floats in a housing set up so that if it's contacted it connects a circuit that triggers a routine that stops motion, records a point, then starts looking for the next one. Here's one that someone shows you how to build: https://www.instructables.com/id/dig...or-cnc-router/
Sorry, Andrew is correct. I do have a few of the probes you refer to that cost 175+. On the the other hand what I mention can still be used but you will have to understand what opens and closes the circuit and how to interface it with the controller. You would also have to insulate the probe from the spindle electrically via an iinsulator of some kind, delrin maybe? A simple piece of pc board and a wire to the same input can be a tool height setting gauge. Turned sideways it is an edge finder.
Fastest1,
Tried to PM you. Box full. Can you look at Dyna mech forum. Question there you can probably answer.
Thanks and sorry I derailed this post.
did you ever get the files?
i have them just all on floppy disk. and possibly on cd
Hi Jon,
I am a new to this forum. I have a MXNC10 Mill that was given to me, it is basically, in that a friend purchased it years ago for there jewelry business, but never used it.
He did loose the software and was not able to provide that to me. What is the chance of getting a copy of the software files you have for this little mill?
the orig maxnc software is DOS based which is a pain in the butt and almost useless nowadays
i use mach3 to control my maxnc10 and use vectric aspire to create gcode
i may have orig maxnc software but u need to run with windows98 in dos mode..