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  1. 01-25-2013, 05:18 AM #1
    chrisnis
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    Auto tool setter / touch plate ?

    I want to make a touch plate but have a question.

    I would be connecting the plate to a input pin on my gecko g540 controller and the tool would be ground .

    Do i need to insulate the touch plate from the machine? If i were using a aluminum touch plate i would think that it would short if laying anywhere metal on the machine since its grounded . Am i correct to think this?

    Also i was looking at a video and they had a touchplate/toolsetting screen in there mach3 .Where can i get that and is it just a addon tab on mach3 or do i have to get a whole new screen set?
    Grizzly G0602-AXA QCTP<<< Soon to be CNC and 3PHA-VFD !
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  2. 01-25-2013, 06:10 PM #2
    ger21
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    Yes, it would probably need to be isolated, and it would be a new screenset.
    Gerry

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    http://www.thecncwoodworker.com/2017.html

    Mach3 2010 Screenset
    http://www.thecncwoodworker.com/2010.html

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  3. 04-06-2013, 12:24 AM #3
    Halfdone
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    I have used the "MachBlue-probing big tex" screenset and it works great. I think I picked it up somewhere here in the forums a while back.
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