Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: DIY probing

> MaxNc sells probes, have one ,....now who has standalone software?

Yes, I was tempted by that. Devices sound kind of simple, but devil
is in the details - not sure if I'd rather make the design compromises
myself and know what they are, or pay them to do it and have no idea
what compromises were made until I get it. How do you like yours?

As for software, I was planning to investigate the probing capability
in EMC, and then either use, build on, or rewrite that OR (assuming a
stepper machine dedicated to probing) write a program to do it in
BASIC (!!!)

It does seem to me that I would want lots of reduction or
microstepping drivers in order for vibration to not false trigger
the probe.

Just to explain, I'm trying to probe the inside of a french horn bell
(in to the start of the curve) to determine its shape. Current idea
is a table with a cutout the size of the rim - horn is clamped under
that with the bell opening up. Gantry arrangement moves over this and
lowers probe down into the bell. Just occured to me I can probably
borrow the sherline mill Z axis to carry the probe and maybe even the
X and Y motors to run the gantry, since it need not go particularly
fast. Of course the temptation would then be to make it heavy enough
for milling ;-)

Chris