Will there be a BitSetter in the future? :thinking:

Name: Onefinity CNC Bit Setting Macro
Uploaded: 2021-01-10T01:56:32Z
Description: Video of bit setter mod. I’ve since pocketed out a spot in the corner for the probe. [Onefinity CNC Bit Setting Macro]

Now Available: [image] Onefinity Tool Setter - EAZY-Z | Announcement The Onefinity CNC tool setter is an automatic tool offset probe for setting z height during tool changes.

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Is the controller capable of using a bit-setter? It would seem to me if it is capable of using a touch probe, then a bit setter would just be a different script. Yes? No? Maybe? : )

Technically aren’t they functionally the same? Don’t have experience with these yet but seems to me that you change bits and reset your z… Tool pathing would say how deep to go after that. Am I missing something?

an auto z (like the bitsetter) has a fixed known location (usually outside the cutting area, but in Shapeoko not) that you machine automatically taps after every tool change. So for example if you changed mills mid job it would just automatically measure the new zed height then carry on with the new…

EDIT removed Z12 from second to last line as this had the potential to cause a crash if using machine bed for zero Howdy Folks, Start with thanks to Warren Brown for reposting from Bulidbotics forum on this subject. I’ve managed to write a tool change that mimicks a bit setter. There seems to ha…

Video of bit setter mod. I’ve since pocketed out a spot in the corner for the probe. [Onefinity CNC Bit Setting Macro]

Resolved by removing Z12 from second to last line There is a potential for a crash with this code that I overlooked. It would be possible to have a crash when using machine bed for zero. This code is written to put Z to 12mm after tool change so if using machine bed for zero and workpiece is thic…

I also should have mentioned that due to the many possible combinations of router/spindle and Z slider configurations the Z heights may need to be altered to suit your setup. This was written with Makita with Z on lowest position and a 3/4” wasteboard.

Any updates or changes to this @BNB187 ? Do you manually inject this or did you add it to the post processor?

No modification required to PP the code gets entered into the settings on the controller. For this version just copy and paste everything into the tool_change dialogue box and it will run automatically when file calls for a M6. I’ve been using the 2.0 version that is linked here for several weeks.…

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BNB187 (Mike Bogart) January 10, 2021, 1:56am 15

Video of bit setter mod. I’ve since pocketed out a spot in the corner for the probe.

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