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MachPro Probing Wizard
« on: May 15, 2026, 09:01:17 PM »
I have a woodworking machine using a metal XYZ plate for touchoff's. its 0.202in tall, so when I probe I need to have the height set to 0.202 + retract height in order to get to Z0. The MachPro Probing Wizard, has removed this functionality from the mcTouchOff.lua from Mach4. As well the BLUM routines are fricking overkill for what most woodworks will use. I do not want to load up my 3d probe just to do a 0.001" accurate touchoff on material that is not even close to being that flat. As well, it's wood. in other words it's non-conductive and using the tool to touchoff is not happening unless you have metal attached to a pin on the BOB.  I have a second wireless probe which has a height of 1.787", is it'd be nice if the probe input allowed you to specify a height, even if it's 0.

So, it's possible to run mcTouchOff.lua instead of the wizard. you can add it in several ways, including adding it directly to the screenset as a button on the Tools page, Find attached a .setc that does this. Just make sure your in the right place in the screen editor, import the setc and change the top to 229 and left to 7 to align it.

https://youtu.be/oqXG43C4x9c  here's a lousy video of what happens when using the MachPro Probing Wizard.