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Need to run one first.....

Don't laugh until you try it!

@@PiersonWorkholding i will when i get into the shop tomorrow.. before everyone else :D

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Yes! Machinist tip: You can use the lens of a refractometer to inspect drills. It doesn't work with endmills though.

@@PiersonWorkholding Sounds like a little BS going on here.... I will have to look thru mine tomorrow. I bet you are still laughing thinking about how many people you can get to do this.....

@@davids.682 lol

Well spotted. I was thinking the same thing ????

Using the rotating tool probing cycle is a good habit. It spins off chips that might be stuck to the bottom of the tool.

@@PiersonWorkholding interesting. I've never saw a spinning cycle for this. Usually setting new and therefore clean tools but I'll will make sure the SPINDLE probe is clean when touching off with it even though it's tucked away and shouldn't be dirty. Although unless you're doing in process measuring and then a spinning probe could push chips away to achieve highest accuracy as possible. I just would think that a spinning tool is no beuno against a calibrated unit such as the tool setter. But interesting nonetheless even though Ive never saw this type of probing cycle on our Haas or Mazak but will be exploring it when I go back on tuesday!

to rebut/reply to myself after a few moments of thought, spindle probe is plastic tipped most likely softer than anything it touches so that's not good, and there is a possibility of touching off harder tools than the tool setter (which is carbide and harder tools that such as pcd or diamond coated(maybe not you but I have used both) so I definitely wouldn't want those spinning when touching the tool setter. We could make the argument that it's all relative but it is not if you have two different probes (tool setter and spindle probe) so if the tool setter wears down it's relation to the spindle probe would change over time. I'm just thinking in reliable terms over time/ways that relationships could change over time introducing tolerance issues when the two's relationship shall never change. The less variables the better, right? I understand it could be a while before it's noticed or even become a problem depending on other processes, but it could be something down the road. and that's enough for a discussion point from me-not to be a nay-sayer or to say you're doing it wrong but more as for discussion to garner perspective or maybe overlooked points.

@@cobburn I highly doubt any wear will ever occur. First off, the tool only spins backwards in the probing cycle. Second, regardless of tool/probe hardness the pressure it touches is incredibly light. Finally, people a lot smarter than me created this a long time ago so I'm sure they got it right. So how do you touch off face mills without spinning the tool?

​@@PiersonWorkholding I thought the same that it is light pressure and spinning slowly. Diamond coated tooling isn't directional. and now you have softer tools against something harder albeit slowly and backwards. I just never saw it as our renishaw probes and macros only orient the spindle so this is intriguing to me. maybe it only spins for a face mill? I know the drill macros don't. my toolsetting pad has a divot in the middle of it actually I assume from many years of nonspinning use. smart people have gotten plenty wrong and it's not always about intellect. And smarts doesn't mean common sense. Internal bureaucracy can play a role or a change goes unnoticed. Look at Boeing, smart guys there huh and look where their MAX is. A company you'd think knew what they were doing. Things get compartmentalized and budgets for R&D get used up. Im not trying to be a dick and say what you're doing is wrong. It's a discussion and Im learning as well. It just looks really bad when it's on paper. No such thing as stupid questions right? I touch off a face mill like I would a big end mill, step it over and touch it off where an insert is. maybe it's just the face mill macro that spins? now i Have more questions and why I always ask questions. i'm naturally curious and it's not to point out any little thing. Learning goes both ways.

Oh yes you can, if your good as me! I've been running my VMC for 3hrs 27minutes and 43seconds. Ain't crashed yet!

Damn it!!! %$#@@÷ Y'all had to bring up crashes. It's your fault I just screwed up my perfect record. 😁

@@aoiattentiononinvention8031 But you did reduce the number of crashes by 3 hours and 27 minutes. Be proud.

Make sure you don't point the lens directly at the drill tip or damage may occur.

@@PiersonWorkholding i have been doing it the wrong way for all my life