Finally caved on touch probes after 11 years of manual setups

Honestly, I always figured touch probes were for fancy shops with deep pockets. My little Haas VF-2 in Toledo has been running fine with my edge finder routine since 2013. Last month I had a rush job with 24 different offsets and I was still cranking handles at 6pm. A buddy loaned me his spare Renishaw probe for a week and I ran that same setup in under an hour. Ngl, I ordered my own the next day. Anyone else hold out on tool setters or probes longer than they should?

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terryallen19d ago

That 24 offsets in under an hour is the kicker right there. Once you run a batch job with a probe, you can't go back to edge finders without feeling like you're wasting half the day.