Very timely video Mike. I "squished" a Haimer, but all survived, including the tip. The probe seems to work properly, but I'm for sure following your instruction on how to test and align it. Thank you
I hope it helps. :) If you have the more square design, make sure you check out lockcracker's vid.....it's slightly different. You're more than welcome Kent. Thanks! Mike
Hi Mike, so, two days ago I was saying "Who breaks a Haimer probe?" to someone... well, one year later, that someone is me. Hubris of man. The tips are apparently so popular that Amazon has them available by Prime. :) Also, I got notice of your Ball Joint vid, but when I came back to watch this video, I find that I'm unsubscribed. I've had that with a couple other channels recently. UA-cam seems to have a lot of bugs.
Amazing video coming from a young woman starting her engineering career. I need to use of these on my Hurco conversational miller and have been unable to find a video where someone explains exactly what they’re doing and show how to do it in real time. Amazing video you’ve made me excited to go back to work 😄
Wow! I'm super happy to hear that. :) Did you watch the two vids I linked in the description box? I watched those to learn how and then did it over and over again for a couple of hours to get where I could do it for the camera. Good luck with your engineering career!! If I were do do things over again, I think I'd become a mechanical engineer. I subbed your channel just in case you decide to do some videos about your journey or any of your work. :) -Mike
Thank you. I was concerned on mine that in order to get all four screws snugged up so it would stay calibrated that I was over torquing some of them. Nice to see I'm not doing it wrong - assuming of course that you aren't also doing it wrong. :-)
LOL......I could be. I got the info/process from another guy. They don't need to be gorilla tight, but they seem to get that way pretty easily sometimes. You just have to realize that you're getting a bit too snug and loosen the other side before you get too tight. It's real easy to want to just tweak it that last little bit and then you find yourself too tight. Mike
No kidding on the "last little bit" part. So tempting to dial out the last couple 10ths, and then the whole thing goes wonky and you have to start over. The thing needs a button you press and it self calibrates. LOL
You're more than welcome! Sorry to hear that.........and welcome to the club. :( lol!!! :) I've crashed/dropped mine a few times and it still seems to work okay after I adjust it....hopefully, yours will too.
bluehandsvideo so it turns out there wasn't enough adjustment. I think I marred or deformed the ball/socket connection. I can get it within 0.005" of zero but not zero. I ordered another one as I need something I can trust. Should I mount this on the wall of shame?
I would try it again, actually. There's a really small window of adjustment. I thought mine was hosed.....had to take a second shot at it to get it into the sweet spot. It's been awhile, so I don't recall the details, I just remember that I couldn't adjust it far enough the first time.....had to come at it again. You can take the front bezel off....the gauge comes out. You've already given up on it, so you can't actually hurt it any more. If still no go.....send/loan it to me for a bit.....I'll pull it apart and take some vid of the guts. :) ......then send it back. But.....take another crack at it first....I'll bet you can get it working again.
Well I removed the gauge from the body and then removed the o-ring. I then can manually slide the gauge up and down same as the grub screws would do. Even all the way down, metal against metal - it still wouldn't zero out.
Hi Mike, Aaron here from Orchard Ave (Off Towle). Long time, hope all is well. Just pulled the trigger on a Tormach PCNC 440. Ordered the Hamier too. Looking forward to picking your brain on some speeds and feeds. Cheers Aaron
Howdy Aaron!!!! I was just wondering about you the other day. Great to hear from you!! Congrats on the new equipment. Are you still going to run the router? I don't think I've ever seen the aluminum one finished. Make sure to look up Tom/Inspiration Metalworks ua-cam.com/channels/oNrGYb-HzTvTJIWY5mixIw.html John/nyccnc channels ua-cam.com/channels/e0IyK4ntgdPTTjsxjvyHPg.html Robert/robertcowan ua-cam.com/channels/POTPYuDsKnXP9I-ph4yMgg.html ....they're all putting out vids on the 440. you should still have my email and phone. :) I'll be making chips all day if you want to drop by.
I think you shouldn`t touch those screws. If the needle is not at zero, you just turn the dial to zero it. Only screws you should mess with is the four screws on top radial to the spindle axis. And those only if the probe tip is not running true when you spin the haimer 360˚
There are other videos out there of the same thing being done. It is the way to do it.......but feel free to spend $500 on one, knock it off zero and then post video of how to do it....then come back and post a link here. I'll even pin it or put it in the description box. :)
Thanks! I haven't tried it. The spindle turns really easily, so two might cause it to twist.....not sure. By all means....if you're comfortable doing it, do it. :) I'm not sure I've got the brain power to do two at once! LOL
The the dial turns, how do you know 0 is sitting inline at 12 o’clock with the haimer shank, when I bought mine it was out 1 maybe 2/100ths of a mm, I just turned the dial lol is that wrong
Hmmm....great question. I'm not exactly sure, but I would think that you'd want the dial straight up. I don't remember my dial turning. I can't seem to find it right now, but I remember seeing a vid where the face was taken off. If you can find that one, it might better answer your question. Thanks!!
Mine was off a hair. I wasnt bothered. I was looking at disassembling the top to make a custom tool holder before receiving it. Fortunately boring the tool holder to 10mm solved any and all of my issues.
In the famous words of your creepy Scout-Master..."Wanna go camping?" LOL!!! Hey that makes me wonder, isn't it a little odd that they called the Boy Scout leaders Scout "Master", don't you think that's weird?
Very timely video Mike. I "squished" a Haimer, but all survived, including the tip. The probe seems to work properly, but I'm for sure following your instruction on how to test and align it. Thank you
I hope it helps. :) If you have the more square design, make sure you check out lockcracker's vid.....it's slightly different.
You're more than welcome Kent.
Thanks!
Mike
Hi Mike, so, two days ago I was saying "Who breaks a Haimer probe?" to someone... well, one year later, that someone is me. Hubris of man. The tips are apparently so popular that Amazon has them available by Prime. :)
Also, I got notice of your Ball Joint vid, but when I came back to watch this video, I find that I'm unsubscribed. I've had that with a couple other channels recently. UA-cam seems to have a lot of bugs.
Hi Kent:) i'm meeting you very often in various vids revolving around workshop things:) Greetings!:) /WB
Amazing video coming from a young woman starting her engineering career. I need to use of these on my Hurco conversational miller and have been unable to find a video where someone explains exactly what they’re doing and show how to do it in real time. Amazing video you’ve made me excited to go back to work 😄
Wow! I'm super happy to hear that. :) Did you watch the two vids I linked in the description box? I watched those to learn how and then did it over and over again for a couple of hours to get where I could do it for the camera.
Good luck with your engineering career!! If I were do do things over again, I think I'd become a mechanical engineer. I subbed your channel just in case you decide to do some videos about your journey or any of your work. :) -Mike
Just bought a haimer. I don’t have a Cnc yet but soon, great teacher.
Thanks....and congrats!!! It saves so much time!!!
Thank you. I was concerned on mine that in order to get all four screws snugged up so it would stay calibrated that I was over torquing some of them. Nice to see I'm not doing it wrong - assuming of course that you aren't also doing it wrong. :-)
LOL......I could be. I got the info/process from another guy. They don't need to be gorilla tight, but they seem to get that way pretty easily sometimes. You just have to realize that you're getting a bit too snug and loosen the other side before you get too tight. It's real easy to want to just tweak it that last little bit and then you find yourself too tight.
Mike
No kidding on the "last little bit" part. So tempting to dial out the last couple 10ths, and then the whole thing goes wonky and you have to start over. The thing needs a button you press and it self calibrates. LOL
A one button calibrate would be awesome!! Probably cost as much as a Renishaw probe then.
Just dropped my brand new Haimer out of the spindle so thanks for this!!!!
You're more than welcome!
Sorry to hear that.........and welcome to the club. :( lol!!! :) I've crashed/dropped mine a few times and it still seems to work okay after I adjust it....hopefully, yours will too.
bluehandsvideo so it turns out there wasn't enough adjustment. I think I marred or deformed the ball/socket connection. I can get it within 0.005" of zero but not zero. I ordered another one as I need something I can trust. Should I mount this on the wall of shame?
I would try it again, actually. There's a really small window of adjustment. I thought mine was hosed.....had to take a second shot at it to get it into the sweet spot. It's been awhile, so I don't recall the details, I just remember that I couldn't adjust it far enough the first time.....had to come at it again. You can take the front bezel off....the gauge comes out. You've already given up on it, so you can't actually hurt it any more. If still no go.....send/loan it to me for a bit.....I'll pull it apart and take some vid of the guts. :) ......then send it back. But.....take another crack at it first....I'll bet you can get it working again.
Well I removed the gauge from the body and then removed the o-ring. I then can manually slide the gauge up and down same as the grub screws would do. Even all the way down, metal against metal - it still wouldn't zero out.
Sorry to hear that! Guess I've gotten lucky. :)
Hi Mike, Aaron here from Orchard Ave (Off Towle). Long time, hope all is well. Just pulled the trigger on a Tormach PCNC 440. Ordered the Hamier too. Looking forward to picking your brain on some speeds and feeds.
Cheers
Aaron
Howdy Aaron!!!! I was just wondering about you the other day. Great to hear from you!! Congrats on the new equipment. Are you still going to run the router? I don't think I've ever seen the aluminum one finished. Make sure to look up
Tom/Inspiration Metalworks ua-cam.com/channels/oNrGYb-HzTvTJIWY5mixIw.html
John/nyccnc channels ua-cam.com/channels/e0IyK4ntgdPTTjsxjvyHPg.html
Robert/robertcowan ua-cam.com/channels/POTPYuDsKnXP9I-ph4yMgg.html
....they're all putting out vids on the 440.
you should still have my email and phone. :) I'll be making chips all day if you want to drop by.
I think you shouldn`t touch those screws. If the needle is not at zero, you just turn the dial to zero it. Only screws you should mess with is the four screws on top radial to the spindle axis. And those only if the probe tip is not running true when you spin the haimer 360˚
There are other videos out there of the same thing being done. It is the way to do it.......but feel free to spend $500 on one, knock it off zero and then post video of how to do it....then come back and post a link here. I'll even pin it or put it in the description box. :)
Excellent video. Thank you.
You're welcome. Thank you!! :)
Nice video. How about using 2 wrenches opposing each other at the same time? It works very well on a 4 jaw.
Thanks! I haven't tried it. The spindle turns really easily, so two might cause it to twist.....not sure. By all means....if you're comfortable doing it, do it. :) I'm not sure I've got the brain power to do two at once! LOL
The the dial turns, how do you know 0 is sitting inline at 12 o’clock with the haimer shank, when I bought mine it was out 1 maybe 2/100ths of a mm, I just turned the dial lol is that wrong
Hmmm....great question. I'm not exactly sure, but I would think that you'd want the dial straight up. I don't remember my dial turning. I can't seem to find it right now, but I remember seeing a vid where the face was taken off. If you can find that one, it might better answer your question. Thanks!!
just got mine today and the guage its not on zero going to watch your video while i set mine up to help me !!!
Did you get it new? I'd be a bit irritated if it came in that way new. I hope the vid helps and that you get it all dialed in!! :)
Thanks!
bluehandsvideo yaa its new from tormach .
It will be good experience learning to dial it in, in case it happens again, but that's a bit disappointing that it came in that way.
Mine was off a hair. I wasnt bothered. I was looking at disassembling the top to make a custom tool holder before receiving it. Fortunately boring the tool holder to 10mm solved any and all of my issues.
muito obrigado - Rodemaq - Crissiumal - RS - BRASIL
:)
shit happens i broke my probe tip ones but our foreman let it rotate at 8000 rpm and the hole thing came apart and he did that not ones but 2 times
but i didnt knew about how you could set the zero right thank you for the video
LOL!!! At least he did it and not you! Does it still work?
I didn't know either until l0ckcr4ck3r did his vid. You're more than welcome. :)
he never found al parts from it so he orderd a new one
LOL!! That was a rather expensive "oops"! :)
What's this about a "probe tip"? How did I get here again? LOL! Sorry you're having hassles Mike...otherwise things are looking great.
It seems like about 1 day in 5 or 6 goes well......I'm looking forward to that getting swapped around. :) Thanks!!
oh.....and if I woke up in a strange place with a "probe tip" in certain places......I doubt I'd ever speak of it to anyone!!! LOL!! :)
In the famous words of your creepy Scout-Master..."Wanna go camping?" LOL!!!
Hey that makes me wonder, isn't it a little odd that they called the Boy Scout leaders Scout "Master", don't you think that's weird?
LOL!!!! I was thinking alien......Scout-Master is way, way creepier!! lol