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post a link to a photo album with lots of photos of the TT and the touch plate you are using and of the machine
and how you have it wired.


Ok, I got it figured out.

I've got one wire going to the touch from input 6. I have a separate wire clipping to the bit coming from common. Worked ...

cnckeith wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2024 4:01 pm post a link to a photo album with lots of photos of the TT and the touch plate you are using and of the machine
and how you have it wired.

Let me know if you need more photos. I'm working on the machine now.

I just have it rough wire to check functionality. Here’s photos.

how to wire up to Acorn

https://www.centroidcnc.com/dealersupport/schematics/uploads/s15247.r1.pdf


Hey Keith,

My touch plate came in today. I didn't get the Avid plate, I got one from a seller on ebay. Its a basic touch plate, It doesn't have the connector like the avid does, how would I ...

I use Z home on my routers as the reference. This is only accurate if you have accurate and repeatable homing.

What kind of tool touch off do you have? Is it a good quality one? What is your "slow" touch off rate set to?


OK, thats what I have mine set to as well.

Touch off is a HNC, I paid ...

Wow, I go outside to work on my "honey-do" list in the yard and I come back and your machine is fixed, that's great.



Man, everything is working great. Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it.

No problem, glad we could all help.



One more question...

I am getting ...

cnckeith wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 11:23 am correct, looks like you are using cnc12 v5.1.. touch plate has been added to Acorn Router CNC12 v5.18 which is in final beta testing here.
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Got it. Thank you!

cnckeith wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 10:07 am setup wizard menu.

avid touch plate wizard menu.png

input definition
touch plate tripped.png

Im not seeing the touch plate tab in my wizard. Maybe there is a cnc12 update I am not aware of? I'm on V5.1

cnckeith wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 5:38 pm Avid touch plate is the bomb.
new menus in the Wizard and CNC12 directly support its function.

touch plate menu.png

Thank you Keith. Looking into the setup process on how to connect it and get it running with CNC12.

Thanks for taking the time to read and possibly help.

I'm trying to find a quicker and more accurate method for setting the height of my spoilboard on my CNC machine.

Currently, I manually set zero by taking my 3/8 profile cutter down to the spoilboard. I use a small piece of paper, lowering the ...