Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

[Mike R]

Confusing probing routines are why I'm on my 3rd probe! Got to say the Path Pilot routines are not confusing (thankfully!) and hence the relative longevity of my current touch probe

 

[David]

Here's the UCCNC probing screen.
Clear as mud.

 

[jcdammeyer]

Confusing probing routines are why I'm on my 3rd probe! Got to say the Path Pilot routines are not confusing (thankfully!) and hence the relative longevity of my current touch probe

Yes. I've smashed one probe unit and bent the touch pin. The trouble is when you have a fast speed of 200 IPM and it decides to use that to get to the probing part which is for some reason higher than where the probe is the collision is quite spectacular and there's no time to hit an ESTOP. Really should change all probe operations to F20 or something.

 

[Mike R]

Yeah, you need to make sure the probe tip is going to be the part to contact an immoveable object first, not the probe body. This also applies in Z direction and not just X-Y - such as probing a surface that has a hole directly under the probe tip...Its painful watching it get crushed just a millisecond before hitting the e-stop!

 

[Tom O]

Just double check you have the decimal in there I’ve heard of crashes because of the depth was 5 instead of .5”.