[TOTALLYRC]

Mike, I am thinking of purchasing the same thing from Wildhorse Innovations. How do you like it and what size is the ball on the end? Hard to tell from the picture on his website and no spec's. I am going to use with a IM Service 12x24 router system so hoping the stereo plug works without rewiring. BG

Hi wmgeorge,
In the short time that I have had it I like it. i was able to us the Mach3 probing wizard and probe a piece of angle iron with the angle pointing up. The probe works well and is durable. I drove it straight down into the vise and all i did was bend the tip. The probe was not at fault as I was testing some specialty stuff and it didn't work correctly.

The probe comes with a female stereo plug so all you have to do is wire that in.

The ball is approximately .125 or there abouts but I don't remember exactly. If I remember the tips are not made to an exact size and for most of the probing wizards you can set the tip diameter.

I will be making a new probe tip since I bent mine.

All in all I like it and hope to get some of Himmykabbibles probing wizards and tool length macros put into play.

Of course I need to quit my day job to get it all done in a reasonable amount of time.

Mike

[wmgeorge]

Hi wmgeorge,
In the short time that I have had it I like it. i was able to us the Mach3 probing wizard and probe a piece of angle iron with the angle pointing up. The probe works well and is durable. I drove it straight down into the vise and all i did was bend the tip. The probe was not at fault as I was testing some specialty stuff and it didn't work correctly.

The probe comes with a female stereo plug so all you have to do is wire that in.

The ball is approximately .125 or there abouts but I don't remember exactly. If I remember the tips are not made to an exact size and for most of the probing wizards you can set the tip diameter.

I will be making a new probe tip since I bent mine.

All in all I like it and hope to get some of Himmykabbibles probing wizards and tool length macros put into play.

Of course I need to quit my day job to get it all done in a reasonable amount of time.

Mike

Thanks Mike, I'm wondering how hard it would be to A: Buy a commercial Ruby tip probe like a 1 mm or B: Make one out of plastic with a small tip so it would not scratch and break or snap off in case of a major crash, which I assume happens.

Wonder how well its constructed?

I am interested in hearing from other users before I commit. This website is Sooo Big and Soo slow with all the banner ads, very difficult to use even with a DSL line.

[TOTALLYRC]

The part that the probe tip mounts to is designed to fail in the event of a major crash. It is not expensive and is easy to replace. I must have hit the e-stop just in time since all I did was to bend the tip like I said.
I too am interested in what other users have to say, especially the long term durability.

Plastic would most likely deform a little bit under the spring tension and may not be the best choice. A plastic tip on just the end of the probe tip could be an option for delicate parts if you did not want to mar the surface.
When I probed the piece of angle iron, it left the smallest of small little dots on the surface. If the part to be probed was a family heirloom you would of course not want to mar it.

Mike