Brian
I know you didn¡¯t ask, but I use probing all the time, so I will offer anyway, feel free to ignore J
I use HOSS¡¯ probing and ProbeIt. Both have advantages and disadvantages. The block which gives you four corners of options. Plus inside of circle are very useful. Having the ability to change the size of the probe tip is important, But we defiantly need Probing.
Jonathan Thacher
From: mach1mach2cnc@... [mailto:mach1mach2cnc@...]
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 9:33 AM
To: mach1mach2cnc@...
Subject: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] Where are we in Mach 4
Hi Jerry,
We are starting on the wizards for turn as soon as we get the new version out. We added pocketing of any shape with islands too the wizards but it is very untested at this point. This was the last "to do" we had before turn... The fun part of this is that we are going to use this same code to produce the Lathe cut path so you can turn any shape in the Turn wizards! This is going to make for a very powerful set of wizards in Turn. Mach motion tested turn and they where shocked how nice it is working and we are not calling it finished.
There are many ways to do Probe.. what are you thinking? Find Center and edge? or are you thinking tool length probe? I have a guy I can pay to get the scripts or Gcode to do this so I just need some clear picture of what you think you need.
Now on another note if you are running the industrial version we can now run the "Fanuc standard" Renishaw Macro's so for users that are into that level they can used what is considered to be the best in the world for Probing parts.
Thanks
Brian
On 3/6/2015 4:43 PM, OzzieII@... [mach1mach2cnc] wrote:
Hi Brian,
Please tell us where we are in the grand scheme of Mach 4.
Can we expect a package comparable to Tormach's new conversational version of Linux for both mill and lathe? Of course I own the Mill Wizard, but that does nothing like the Tormach program for lathe.
Will we see Mach 4 with probing sequences built-in, set-up?
Many of us bought on faith, please let us in on what to expect, or is this it.
Thanks,
Jerry "Ozzie" Pryor
