Can someone provide the removal procedure for replacing the Eazy-Z tool setter cover? I messed up and gouged the surface of mine. I’m afraid this will mess up my auto zero since there is a small divot in the surface. For now, I just moved the probe XY to a bit off center, so it still works with most bits. I see there is a replacement cover on the SHOP section, but it says OUT OF STOCK.
Two things, or three…
I know this was a while ago but this is the only post I have found remotely related to my question. How did you gouge the top of the button? I ask because I set up the bit setter today. I followed every instruction I could find because I did not want to damage the button top. Worked great, except when it decided to probe between bit changes, touched off just fine, z height adjusted up, it probed a second time, z height up, the spindle turned on when I hit cycle start and then it didn’t move to the work place, it plunged back into the top of the button. Note, the button is below the work piece z height. It should not have gone there yet here we are. I have all of the settings correct as per the videos yet I am now the owner of a very customized bit setter.
Was your experience with button customization due to something like this? if so, how did you fix it? I cannot find a single person with a similar incident. When I turned off the bit setter function I could manually adjust the bit height and the tool path worked fine. I am at a loss.
Before I even used my Tool Setter for the first time, I foresaw that this could be an issue. So in order to circumvent possible damage to the tool setter itself, I made a 1mm thick plate for the top of it (cut from an aluminum tag blank) attached with carpet tape. This added .043" to the height of the Tool Setter, which was accounted for in my measurement sub-routine. If used as intended, it may not even be necessary to make any program adjustments. The disk is also easily replaceable.
Bill T - for me, it was all my fault. I had homed the machine, with bit from previous job. This was after a power up. When I looked at my coordinates they were way off from the Home Position displayed - which I now know don’t matter - at least I don’t think the display is a true representative of the machines absolute Home. So I zeroed the X Y and Z. I then rehomed the machine.
I then mounted my work piece, loaded my new job and pressed Cycle Start. Machine went to zero the bit, then started up and went down and gouged my tool setter. THE MISTAKE WAS ME FORGETTING TO ZERO MY WORK PIECE WITH X Y Z PROBE. Stupid ass move as just forgot and got ahead of myself. Tool setter is a week old. So, I reset the probe location outside of the gouged area, which works fine for smaller bits. When I found the $20 cover with a $19 shipping on Onefinity, I decided to order both the cover and an entirely new tool setter. I figure I’ll F-up again. lol
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Bill B - good idea. I too thought of this but wasn’t sure how to code in the new z level due to the added thickness.
Ray, since it’s used as a reference, I don’t THINK there’s any changes you would need to make, since it’s just used as a comparative measurement to a reference tool. I only needed to make an adjustment on my system because the Tool Setter is serving a dual function as both a movable and fixed position tool setter.
@OnefinityCNC may be able to provide a more definitive answer within the scope of the Tool Setter’s intended use (which in my situation, does not fall into the ‘intended use’ of it.
If it were used in conjunction with a tool library that may be a different story, such as if you had an ATC in play.
Hi Bill!
To your point, and something that may help others, is the information in this Masso forum discussion …
https://forums.masso.com.au/threads/tool-setters-with-mechanical-switches.3826/#post-29098
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