Funny thing is they are only 3 hrs drive from my house. I'm actually going through his town Friday.
But that's a pretty pricy probe I think. For something that is not wireless On Mon, 15 Mar 2021, 6:19 PM David Berndt, <ber...@uberwin.com> wrote: > I'm not going to say it's in the same cost range, but what about the > Hallmark impact tolerant touch probe. ITTP? > https://hallmarkdesign.co.nz/probe > > > > > On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:13:17 -0400, <ken.stra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Watch https://youtu.be/kwLydF4osc4 for an approach that I'm currently > > playing with to reduce probe breakage . > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gerrit Visser <gerr...@psgv.ca> > > Sent: March 14, 2021 4:33 PM > > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Probe recommendations. > > > > I am still at the 'tooling breakage' stage of cnc. So far only 1 > > Aliexpress > > tip broken (CA$12 cost). I have some more on the way because I expect it > > won't be the last broken one. > > I have 2 Renishaw TP2's, they are surviving my inexperience so far. M2 > > threads. > > Renishaw makes a sacrificial breakaway adapter, essentially a short > > piece of > > material with a groove. Male and female M4 threads at opposite ends. It > > however costs more than you were spending on just the probe. > > > > Ken, this might be an option to try? > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001421085958.html . If you make the > > breakaway adapter then the more plentiful choices of M2 and M2.5 threaded > > ones can come into play as well. > > > > gerrit > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ken.stra...@gmail.com <ken.stra...@gmail.com> > > Sent: March 14, 2021 3:37 PM > > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Probe recommendations. > > > > Yes, I use standard 4mm screw probes. Perhaps us$50 is "reasonable" but > > I'm > > just a hobbyist/retiree and I find that breakage due to stupidity > > annoying. > > I'd rather spend a similar amount on a decent bottle of wine! > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
