Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

Like this?https://photos.app.goo.gl/h75eqGBgjZs88hS67

Very Nice.

Can you install the plugin without having your machine setup to run cnc12 e.g. I want to run it on a computer not "tuned" to run a machine

Maybe Centroid could find and promote a $200 touch probe. I have a couple of the drewtronic probes and just checked it to my ring gauge to within 0.0005. It's not particularly fragile - i've broken a stylus and dialed it back in. I'd guess they must be a small company because when you call them you...

Sounds like an Acorn would be a better te$t device...

I've taken both X and Z motors to be checked out at a local shop that cncsnw has suggested. I expect that I will know next week if there are any issues found. The ALLIN1DC will be sent back for repairs

Maybe Centroid could find and promote a $200 touch probe. I have a couple of the drewtronic probes and just checked it to my ring gauge to within 0.0005. It's not particularly fragile - i've broken a stylus and dialed it back in. I'd guess they must be a small company because when you call them you ...

Is it possible to use external drives with an ALLIN1DC? I have a bunch of gecko drives that I could use to test my servo motor... For some reason I think it doesn't like step and direction. I am trying to do some test with a board that can't drive my servo motor.

I'm using Rhino, but not very experienced. I do know that Rhino has an export with origin option. This could be what I need to figure out. I am not familiar with Rhino but I expect there is a way to show an X-Y and Hopefully Z axis or plane. That is the origin. in Fusion360 and Creo items are often...

What CAD are you using? Some systems allow you to set the origin of the drawing. There are a variety of options for exporting DXF files some work better than others; it will depend on your CAD as to what's available