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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: SirFinland on December 03, 2013, 11:23:18 AM

Title: Probe? Whats that? cnc3040
Post by: SirFinland on December 03, 2013, 11:23:18 AM

Hi,

I'm new at mach3... Do i need a Prode for cnc3040 and Mach3?
And what is it??


Thanx!!

Title: Re: Probe? Whats that? cnc3040
Post by: RICH on December 03, 2013, 05:55:09 PM

Are you meaning "Probe" and not Prode?

RICH

Title: Re: Probe? Whats that? cnc3040
Post by: SirFinland on December 04, 2013, 01:00:59 AM

Yeah sorry, I have the cnc3040T

Title: Re: Probe? Whats that? cnc3040
Post by: RICH on December 04, 2013, 03:57:54 AM

You don't need a probe to use your machine. There are different types of probes, but in general, it's just  something usualy put into the spindle / chuck which allows the user to find a surface spot and inform the software. Thus you can find the center of a circle, an edge, digitize a surface, etc.

RICH