Ran across good buy on small Zeiss, year 1997 DCC CMM of about 20 x 20 travels with automatic probe changer that looks/works great except the idiots mucked up the table by dragging sharp heavy parts that put some pretty deep scratches in the granite surface. Table is integral to the slide so replacing just the granite would be nearly impossible and resurfacing it impractical.
I would think it would be fine as is if one held the parts to be inspected in a jig/fixture, as long as that jig was always positioned in exactly the same spot on the plate surface...and/or referenced off a ball on the jig...but how many companies actually use one that way ?
I would think it would be fine as is if one held the parts to be inspected in a jig/fixture, as long as that jig was always positioned in exactly the same spot on the plate surface...and/or referenced off a ball on the jig...but how many companies actually use one that way ?