@Julien wrote:
Hi,
With all the enthusiasm around the release of the touch probe, it got me thinking about how useful it would be for me, so here’s a couple of very basic/naive questions that I can’t seem to find definitive answers for in the other threads:
- what are the most useful cases where using a probe is significantly more efficient/convenient than touching off manually ? I mean touching off Z axis takes maybe up to half a minute overall. I can see how reducing that time matters for people using their SO for semi-professional use, but for a hobbyist use ?..
- what kind of jobs require finding X/Y edges with high precision ?
- how is the thickness/length/width of the probe compensated in the probing sequence in CM ? Is it all transparent to the user ?
- how do you introduce the probing step in your workflow when you have a dust shoe ? I often touch off with the dust shoe down (a piece of paper slides underneath just fine), so I am wondering if it would turn out to be impractical to lift the dust shoe each time.
In other words: please help me rationalizing my touch probe lust!
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