Re: Renishaw Probe on Haas Super Mini Mill - Can't Calibrate
You might try using the vector probing calibration routine (program O9804). That makes a more full calibration of the ball at several angles, which are then stored in macros. The normal calibration routine only stores a value for X, and one for Y, not even a value for X+/Y+ and X-/Y-. You could also try using cycle O09836 (Optimising a probing cycle), which tunes the ideal feed rate for probing on your machine. This will require making a couple edits to your probing programs after completion. You can find info on both of those cycles in the Renishaw manuals.
A probe is really just a fancy switch, so you are always having to deal with the spring tension (and how that spring is designed), and calculating exactly when/where that switch was tripped while the machine is moving. You can get it pretty dialed in, but will it ever be as accurate as picking up a hole with a good indicator? Probably not.
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