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08-03-2017, 06:11 AM
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Just curious if
THIS PROBE would be compatible with the iGaging version of theTouchDRO board. I think it would make a handy addition to my lathe, and could be installed as the Y axis (then renamed). It would make centering work in the 4 jaw more convenient, among other uses.
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I think it would be handy to have this as a dedicated indicator for my lathe, with the measurement displayed alongside the DRO readouts. Use it to indicate in on a 4 jaw, align the toolpost, set the compound with a sine bar, use it to check a taper, etc.. . All the usual indicating, but I wouldn't have to worry so much about placement (no dial to see), and I wouldn't have to fiddle with zeroing a dial. I can just position the probe, and do all the fiddling up on the display.
I dunno. Just sounds cool to me, and I feel like it'll be one of those things I don't know all the possible uses for, but I will, and be glad it's there. Plus, I suppose I have a habit of making my life simpler in needlessly complicated ways.
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Wow $149.95 seems a bit much. What exactly does this probe do? It looks like it is measuring a distance.
I thought a probe was only needed to measure on/off contact with a surface.
Always new things to learn.
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It's basically a digital dial indicator, minus the dial. I intend to use it as a dedicated indicator on my lathe, with the readout displayed under the Z- and X-axis readout. I suppose it's sorta superfluous, but I think it would be very handy. And the half-tenths resolution is nice, too.
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