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  1. Glad you got it to work! I have my probe on tool...

    Glad you got it to work! I have my probe on tool 1 so I use a height gauge to measure it manually. But I still think I could use the program to measure it.
  2. Re: Older Haas DIY cheap Probe - Guide with pics and video

    Maybe it doesnt work in MDI mode? I'm happy to try stuff on my control or take pics of certain parameters if you need. LMK.
  3. Re: Older Haas DIY cheap Probe - Guide with pics and video

    Yeah I’ve been using mine for years and it works perfectly. All my tool offsets update fine.
  4. Re: Older Haas DIY cheap Probe - Guide with pics and video

    I dont have macros enabled on mine, so I had to write a separate program to measure each tool. I guess you could combine all 20 programs into one if u wanted to measure all the tools at once.
    Let...
  5. Re: Older Haas DIY cheap Probe - Guide with pics and video

    I do have a tool setting device. It was one off Aliexpress I think - similar to this one as theyre all the same: ...
  6. Re: Older Haas DIY cheap Probe - Guide with pics and video

    Here are my probing routines. Because I dont have macros, I had to write a probing routine for each scenario, and one for each tool number to measure the tools.
    ...
  7. Re: Older Haas DIY cheap Probe - Guide with pics and video

    To add the tool setter I used the built in relay in the picture - the far right one. You can see my 3 wires attached red/grn/yellow. 451034

    I took the +12v pin from P22 (pin1 I think) and sent...
  8. Re: Older Haas DIY cheap Probe - Guide with pics and video

    451030

    The wiring is pretty simple. P22 has 4 pins. Only the top 2 pins are needed. I think the top (Pin 1) is +12v I cant remember. Then Pin 2 is gnd - if you short the 2 pins you get the...
  9. Re: Older Haas DIY cheap Probe - Guide with pics and video

    It was kinda ghetto, but what I did was take a know bore and probe to center it. Then manually jogged over and read how much it moved in each direction.
    I entered the probe offsets x-/x+ etc,...
  10. Re: Older Haas DIY cheap Probe - Guide with pics and video

    You mean the quick connect - yeah for sure. Prob not as much of an issue since it doesnt have a tool changer. But on the haas its nice to leave the probe in the changer.
  11. Re: Older Haas DIY cheap Probe - Guide with pics and video

    This thread was immensely helpful in setting up a cheapo probe on my 2013 VF1 (no macro option). Rather than drop the $8k to the HFO for a renishaw I figured I'd try this out.
    I also used one of...
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    Re: Power Draw Bar ver 2.0 (Pulsar)

    Bill - I dont have that problem at all with my tool table. I have to double check which version I am on, but it's definitely 2.1.xxx
    I've already forgotten so much about PP in the past 2 yrs. . .
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    Re: Power Draw Bar ver 2.0 (Pulsar)

    Got it. I think I am on 2.1.2. I have to double check. May have to peruse the newer versions, but I am so rusty on looking at that stuff I dont want to have to relearn everything!
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    Re: Power Draw Bar ver 2.0 (Pulsar)

    Yeah, I sorta dropped off the radar for a while. No particular reason. I did build a new garage/shop so that was part of the down time.

    I was thinking of updating my PathPilot software, and...
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    Re: Power Draw Bar ver 2.0 (Pulsar)

    Steve - looks great! I like having the notch in the back - much easier to remove! Why didn't I think of that?
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    Re: AutoMateCNC FTL400

    Nice machine! Blaine in addition to cnczone head over to the automatecnc Facebook group as there’s a lot more activity over there. https://m.facebook.com/groups/369938000088724
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    Re: Renishaw Probe

    Done. Thanks for the explanation! Also my mi-8 came brand new with the manual so that helped.

    It's a bit more accurate, but it started out pretty darn good. hopefully the mi-8 will prolong the...
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    Re: Renishaw Probe

    Excellent! Thanks for sharing that. Hopefully will have a chance this weekend to hook mine up.
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    Re: Renishaw Probe

    Pops - I have my mi-8 arriving today tomorrow. Can you give a quick rundown on the connections as I have the MP3 as well - saves me from having to think!

    Thx!
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    Re: PathPilot on a Novakon Questioin

    Great work Scott! I need to update mine to 2.02
  21. Re: PathPilot 2.0 - Working on Novakon (Pulsar)!!

    I never got the shift-alt to work. Does the ctrl-sift-x work to exit out of whatever loop u are having?
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    Re: PathPilot on a Novakon Questioin

    Rick mine doesn’t shut down either - I hit the menu bar and tell Linux to shut down. When I get home from vacation I will look into updating to pp 2.02 and seeing if I can fix the shutdown issue.
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    Re: PathPilot on a Novakon Questioin

    Good luck!!

    Let me know if you have questions.
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    Re: Smithy MX200 tool changer

    That is awesome! How did you program he Siemens PLC?
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    Re: Proof that the VMC425 exists!

    This forum is a little sparse now that the facebook group is up and running. Head over to the AutomateCNC group on Facebook and there are guys there w/ the VMC425.
  26. PathPilot 2.0 - Working on Novakon (Pulsar)!!

    Rick - probably- but I didn’t not know for sure. If it installs easily then yes. If it doesn’t, don’t screw around just get a new mobo off eBay and move on. Integrated graphics is your friend for...
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    Re: Probe connections to Pulsar

    Rick that’s a nice looking probe and pretty reasonable $. I forget which pin I think it’s pin 17 - but check the hal file. If it’s not powered then one pin to gnd and the other to pin 17 of the BOB.
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    Re: PathPilot on a Novakon Questioin

    Nice Bill! One thing on my pulsar that I did differently than the stock tormach was tie all the limit switches together. So all limit switches use only one input. That is reflected in my hal...
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    Re: PathPilot on a Novakon Questioin

    Bill - theres a bit of work involved going from PP 1.9.x to PP2.0 therefore I would start out w/ PP 2.0 as 1.9 is basically obsolete.

    In PP 2.0 the left shift + Alt trick is supposed to work, but...
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    Re: PathPilot on a Novakon Questioin

    My bad maybe it was sagreen who has the servo machine?
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