So I started getting into VCarve inlays and due to how dead on everything has to be I have realized my XZY probe isnt flat. I am wondering what is considered “flat”?
My variance is .5825” to .5860” as I move my calipers around. Would y’all call that flat enough? I can feel ridges on the machined side which is another reason I decided to check a few different ways to see the different readings.
I had a similar problem. I wound up marking a particular spot on the XYZ block and zeroing Z on that spot after careful calibration.
That seems flat enough to be reasonable. I have my doubts that it would have any meaningful affect on wood.
Probing the same spot helps.
I’ve heard you can slow down your probe feed rate to improve accuracy.
Interesting point, thanks for bringing this up i might have to check mine, might explain why some carves with bit changes are deeper.
For the record, it actually does make a difference on some cuts. The reason I did it was because, while attempting to make a box by folding plywood, I couldn’t make the 60* V-cut with enough accuracy to reliably obtain 0.010” remaining wood at the bottom of the cut. Localizing the Z axis probe location provided better precision.
