tool height probe and center finder functionality

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  • January 21, 2013 at 11:17 pm #3712
    mort
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    Hi,

    I’ve recently been gifted with a tinyg controller that I’ve started using with my chinese made 6040 CNC machine.  It was very easy to wire up and it worked a treat from the first command. Motion on all 3 axises was smooth and appears to be accurate.

    My next step is to start wiring up limit switches and I was thinking that I’d quite like to have a tool height probe and also a center finder.   Kind of like how its done in this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWglgxdFpVE

    The hardware itself is obviously simple enough – they are both just N/O switches , however I’m not sure what the best/simplest way to get my tinyg to support it is.

    Can you (or anybody) suggest an appropriate place to start, or are you already working on/have implemented those features?

    Thanks

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    January 23, 2013 at 10:37 am #3715
    alden
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    Let me take a closer look at this. G38.1 probe cycles are on the list but not done yet.

    For now you can navigate to your zero point and set a G92 offset to 0,0,0  (G92x0y0z0). It’s not automated, but it should work – although with less accuracy.

    Alden

    January 23, 2013 at 8:20 pm #3717
    mort
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    Thank you Alden, that’ll work fine for now.

    Have to say I’m very impressed with the tinyg – very easy to set up and use.

    January 24, 2013 at 1:01 pm #3721
    alden
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    Thanks. Let us know how we can improve it.

    August 1, 2013 at 8:33 am #4399
    psyko
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    Hi folks,

    Any news on this subject ?
    I’d like to use a tool length sensor such as this http://tinyurl.com/l88xufm

    I guess, it would be possible by reversing the Z axis and do a Z homing only, but that is definitely not clean 🙂

    Thanks

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