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Thanks gentlegiant I have taken your comments to heart and in case my experiences may be of use to others herethey are:-

Firstly I bought a couple of Rennishaw probes off eBay and discovered there...

Hi Zetopan,
Read this forum with interest and purchased a new old stock TP1S for £20.
Inclined to tinker how did you get the front cover off to replace the diaphragm?
Cheers

Just bought a Renishaw MP7 probe at auction and it is without the optical receiver. Nearly fell off my stool at the price of a new one.

Is there any way I can read the optical signals without...

I can switch the spindle on and off in Mach4 no problem but when I close Mach4 the spindle turns on. I presume this is due to a setting in the smoothstepper. I have stop/start and feed hold state set...

Hi Bill,

Really good post but +1 on wanting more information on this. Do you recall any figures on the lack of precision that concerned you? Others on this forum (myself!!) may not have as...