Sparky961
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2008
- Location
- Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Anyone who's used one of these can attest to how much quicker it is setting up work in a CNC mill. The extra step of adding/subtracting the radius when using an edge finder or touching off with another tool is slow and error prone.
But Haimer probes are expensive to buy and expensive to maintain if you break more than a few probe tips a year. I don't need convinced of the value. I'm just interested to know if there are any alternatives that provide the same ability to position machine "0" at the part edge without having to consider radius offsets.
But Haimer probes are expensive to buy and expensive to maintain if you break more than a few probe tips a year. I don't need convinced of the value. I'm just interested to know if there are any alternatives that provide the same ability to position machine "0" at the part edge without having to consider radius offsets.