Hello all,
I'm Brand new to CNC.
I own a Larken 2424 Camtool.
I purchased Aspire 3.5 at the end of last year, and just got the 4.0 Upgrade. I'm trying hard to learn as much as I can about Aspire before going to Jim McGrew's camp in a couple weeks. Can't wait for that.....
Now for my question.... My Father and I are wood and wax carvers by trade,
and I want to digitize some of our work. I bought a touch probe on ebay. You can see it here:
ebay item number: 150931049789
I tried using it to scan a 2 inch starfish sculpture (it.s about .4 inches tall). It seems to work fine in the x and y orientation, but when it comes up over the model it doesn't come all the way back down to it's original Z zero level. The control software tells me it's at zero, but by the time I've gotten halfway through the scan the probe is moving back and forth above the model scanning nothing. I would guess that after each pass it has risen 0.05 inches.
I thought maybe I was scanning too fast so I dialed al the settings back to the slowest speeds and increments but I still get the same result.
I've cut a job that I created in Aspire, and didn't see any problem with the machine holding its Z orientation so I'm suspecting the probe but I'm brand new at this so I don't even know if I'm asking the right questions.
Has anyone had a similar experience with a touch probe? If you think this probe is junk can you recommend a good one?
Thanks in advance.....
Chris