I have questions about probing that is SOMEWHAT related to MSM but I don't want to bother Dave over there!
I have a Wildhorse probe and find it difficult to get it centered precisely. I also have a PerformanceMotion probe that's NOT adjustable for concentricity, runs out .034", and PerformanceMotion said I'd need to calibrate it. This probing is new to me, and MSM is my first attempt to use probing. I'm having other probing issues with MSM, but Dave and I are working thru those and I'm sure we'll fix it. I'd prefer to use MSM for my foray into probing rather than rummage around for macros and writing screensets.
Does MSM's probe calibration compensate for the probe tip not being concentric with the spindle centerline or does it simply figure out the probe tip diameter? If it does compensate for runout, I'd assume one MUST indicate the bore precisely before starting the calbration routine so the routine knows where center is, and of course, orient the probe the same way all the time. MSM manual, Rev 1.1 , page 114, 7.1.3.1.2 says, "By probing a circular hole of a known size, an effective tip
diameter can be calculated. The effective tip diameter is the physical tip diameter plus compensation for angular probe tip movement when edge finding." Not sure if "angular probe tip movement when edge finding" is what I'm talking about or not.
It seems to me calibrating a probe for the tip being off center would be immensly complex, but maybe it's simpler than I imagine. If this probe calibration is simply the way it's done, how, in Mach3 without MSM, does one calibrate it short of writing macros to do it? Or are there macros commonly available for this I need to find?
If there's somewhere this info is available, just point me to it!!