Don’t use touch probe if the router bit has any coating that insulates electrical contact. I used a 1/4” v-bit that has blue coating on the sides. Luckily I was close to the emergency stop button when the bit was pushing into the side of the touch probe but the electrical contact was not detected.
Many thanks Robert, took us a few weeks, but first test piece was successfully cut yesterday. Excellent instructions. One concern is the left hand y-carriage jams if I tighten the 4 bolts fully. It all seems to run smoothly with the bolts a little backed off. The Nyloc nuts should keep things in place, but I’ll keep an eye on this,
All good, but This step took a while - there is a separate menu screen page where the touch probe first has to be enabled. There is an Ooznest logo bottom left of the screen that 80% hides the access to this menu page. The name of the page is hidden by the logo - might just be the smaller laptop screen we are using?
Thanks Robert, I think I’ve sorted this. The white 3-pin connector from the touch probe goes into the blue square. The black 2-core wire from the 5cm square Al touch probe plate plugs into the socket below the router motor
The touch probe wire is dual black with double pin connector.
The blue square in the above drawing is marked for a 3-pin white socket, so can’t be correct. There is a 2-pin connector to the left of the blue square so I’ll try using that.
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Don’t use touch probe if the router bit has any coating that insulates electrical contact. I used a 1/4” v-bit that has blue coating on the sides. Luckily I was close to the emergency stop button when the bit was pushing into the side of the touch probe but the electrical contact was not detected.
Many thanks Robert, took us a few weeks, but first test piece was successfully cut yesterday. Excellent instructions. One concern is the left hand y-carriage jams if I tighten the 4 bolts fully. It all seems to run smoothly with the bolts a little backed off. The Nyloc nuts should keep things in place, but I’ll keep an eye on this,
All good, but This step took a while - there is a separate menu screen page where the touch probe first has to be enabled. There is an Ooznest logo bottom left of the screen that 80% hides the access to this menu page. The name of the page is hidden by the logo - might just be the smaller laptop screen we are using?
John
What do you mean by ‘jog the machine’? Is it to push the X,Y,Z router position by hand?
Thanks Robert, I think I’ve sorted this. The white 3-pin connector from the touch probe goes into the blue square. The black 2-core wire from the 5cm square Al touch probe plate plugs into the socket below the router motor
Excellent, makes sense now! Black Touch probe cable (5cm Aluminium square plate) doesn’t get fed intot the controller box.
The touch probe wire is dual black with double pin connector.
The blue square in the above drawing is marked for a 3-pin white socket, so can’t be correct. There is a 2-pin connector to the left of the blue square so I’ll try using that.