Probe question

jm0502 said:

so before we got the probe I always set tools off the table and my G54 Z is always the height of where im working off for the part zero. like a kurt 6" vise, G54 Z +2.875. with the probe and tool setter, it works almost opposite of that, tools are from gauge line to tip, and probing a surface for Z is now from home to top of part, in reference kurt vise now checks G54 Z-21.0131


Is it possible to change the probe to measure the table as Z 0.0? This will probable mess up the tool setter but unfortunately given table size I will need to pull the tool setter often.

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Booze Daily said:

It seems you just want to go back to way you did it before. If so, just take the probe and presetter and set them aside. They won't speed up your setup or make anything easier.

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jm0502 said:

Kinda, I need to use the whole table often. and I need to map out bolt patterns, bores and depths of surfaces. we reverse engineer parts often.

I know the tool setter and probe are tied together and are very useful, Just more often than not it wont work how i need. If its not something I can do fine, I'll work around it. just thought I'd ask.

On the Mazak Variaxis I can just put in a coordinate shift into the controller to get the probe to read actual numbers relative to G54, Not a option on haas.

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Zahnrad Kopf said:

There is a way to do this, but I've never cared enough to remember how. Member Probe can certainly tell you definitively, one way or the other. You might try PMing him with a link to this thread.

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