Video - 2nd op machining of Guide Supports

[awemawson]

I only play as I'm retired, and it's only in the last few months I've become confident using my Heidenhain probe on my CNC mill - it's always scared the heeby geebies out of me knowing how pricey it would be to replace if I crash it

Mines spindle mounted and lives in the automatic tool changer.


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First I use it to probe a Vertex Z height sensor:


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Then I touch off on each tool on the Vertex-Z to set their length relative to the probe, then I use the probe to establish X,Y, & Z references

I do have a pre-setter sitting on the tooling bench but tend to use it for checking cutting radii of milling cutters more than anything