Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Lighted edge finder

Hugh,

Good Idea, after manually using a drill rod and a feeler gage (paper) to
locate the part, I've wondered if the process could be "programmed". I
keep forgetting to re-adjust for the paper and 1/2 the rod! Sure would
be nice to just run the "locate" program. The other thought was to get
limit and home switches installed (Sherline), but I never mount or clamp
parts the same place twice (must be a better way)!

Alan


Hugh Currin wrote:

>
> Aaaa.
>
> At 10:00 AM 10/6/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >these things are to inexpensive to bother with making one
> >www.use-enco.com
> >#636-7046 $21.95 with batts
> >ready to go fits 1/2 " end mill holder
> >marks at .100 form the edge with .0001 tol
> >to easy to use not to have one
>
> I have one of these, darn handy. But I've been thinking,
> a very dangerous thing for me, that this is just a
> battery and a light. The contact is the center probe,
> isolated electrically from the body, coming in contact
> with the work. (It doesn't work on plastics.)
>
> Now, could one bring the wires out, treat them as a
> contact switch, and run a signal from them into a parallel
> port? Then the trick would be for the software to monitor
> this signal and use it for probing. What do you think. :-)
>
> I've read that EMC now has probing? However, I have no
> idea how the probe is connected and monitored. Is anyone
> familiar with this function of EMC? Do any other packages
> support probing?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Hugh Currin