It looks a lot like a Renshaw spindle probe. As I was looking at the pictures I noticed that in one of them I saw something that would concern me. It looks like there is some greenish looking stuff around the shaft that the stylist threads into making me think that the batteries had been left in it way to long and they leaked. Also they use very expensive batteries. The one I used to use on a VF11 Haas mill had to be shut off and on with a macro. The batteries were $10.00 each, it took two and if I was very careful and shut it off after using they would last a couple of months. I wish you the best of luck with it!
---- Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > <gloat on> > > I just managed to snag a Blum TC50 touch probe on eBay for > $50 delivered. Seems to be a $4000 > probe. http://www.ebay.com/itm/272331012422 > > Some videos show that it has green LEDs that blink once a > second or so when turned on, and red LEDs that flash when > the probe contacts something. Also, some IR LEDs that > presumably flash on contact. This did NOT come with the > remote IR pickup module. Does anybody know what the > characteristics of the IR signal is? > > I'm guessing it just flashes the IR LEDs at some high > frequency on probe contact, and so I can probably make a > really simple pickup for it with some IR photodiodes and an > AC bandpass detector. > > They note it takes 2 N side force and 7 N end force to > trigger the probe, which seems amazingly high! > Any comments? > > Thanks, > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic > patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are > consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, > J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity > planning reports. http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
