Okay, this may not be the right place to post this, if it is not, please feel free to correct me. I’ve got this bit in my Fusion tool library. As you can see from the picture and the specs, it’s tapered to a fine point. It’s also flat from the center out, only round on one side. I just finished usi…

Hey Gerald, When using a bit like that, you need to use a standard (square for example) endmill to probe XY, then replace your bit with the engraving one and probe Z. Hope this helps!

I’ve done what @jarrfarr said. But I’ve also done the following when I’m doing something like a simple engrave where the location doesn’t have to be within a few thousandths. step 1) Probe Z with touch probe step 2) Use joystick to move cutter to side of material step 3) Use joystick to move cutt…

Also brilliant, Thank you very much!

Again, Brilliant! Thank you amazing forum members!!!

Slightly more wasteful, but guaranteed to keep everything centered, is to add a profile cut as the final operation. As long as you keep XY origin in the same place everything should come out dead nuts.

I don’t know what you mean by adding a profile cut.

This is getting cut directly into a table leg, there is no possibility of cutting around the perimeter.

Not sure how to properly set up the XYZ probe for this bit

Original/PRO Series (Buildbotics) (Gen 1)

349iq2345 February 13, 2022, 2:41am 3

Hey Gerald,

for probing with v-bit see here and here

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Not sure how to properly set up the XYZ probe for this bit

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