Hi all,
I bought my self a BitSetter for Christmas, and I’ve finally gotten time to set it up. First thing I noticed when unboxing the bit setter is that what appeared to be a button of sorts was in-fact a non-moving Aluminium segment. I thought this was strange, but hey I suppose Carbide was using some fancy capacitive or maybe hall effect sensor. So on with the installation, everything went smoothly and the directions/ video was easy to follow (props to you guys). So I powered everything up and set off to probe my first end mill… and CRASH. The spindle went down into the bit setter and continued to China, or at least until my thumb found my Estop.
I have tried pressing on it manually with an end mill, squeezing it, and no results, no light, nothing. So I moved on the good ole Fluke, and what do you know, no signal when pressed. Exasperated I went back and rewatched Winstons video; that’s when I noticed that his “button” had more than the ~.002" of travel that mind did. So I did what everyone would do, and sent an email to Carbide Support.
But hey, I’m an engineer, and that means I’m naturally curious, and armed with tools, and there are these three nice looking screws on the back. So with minimal fiddling I was inside the BitSetter, and it is a nice simple design, no more complicated than it needed to be.
There is a metal plunger that appears as the “Button” located in a brass bushing, a spring resides between the plunger and the body of the BitSetter. The plunger has a stem that slides through the center of the spring and the body of the BitSetter. This threads onto a metal ring inside the body. and below the ring sits a Hall effect style proximity sensor.
My issue seems to be that the threaded ring is somehow securely attached to the body of the BitSetter. I can verify with a feeler gauge that if I had ~.010" -.015" of travel the ring would trigger the sensor. So Looks Like its off to Carbide for some rework. I’m wondering if anyone else has had this problem, and if someone over at Carbide has any thoughts as to what could have gone wrong? Form some extensive google-fu I cant find anyone else with this problem, and the design is elegant enough that I’m stymied.
Weird…can you get a pic of that?
It sounds like your Bitsetter is jammed up - This is the first time I’ve heard of this happening in the wild. If you email into support@carbide3d.com we will make it right and fix/replace.
@neilferreri yup I grabbed some photos while I was in there poking around. I’ve not seen any photos of this out there yet.
OK…that’s what I pictured.
Hammer? Heat gun?
I wonder if whatever they use to hold the trigger disk to the button accidentally affixed it to the aluminum case?
My thought exactly but there’s no adhesive, no thread compound, nothing… One thought would be if the surface finish was causing a bond of some sort, but with my pressing, and the force of the spindle I’d think it would free its self. It’s almost as if it were a press fit, that’s why I figure I’ll send it back to Carbide; theres nothing to help you improve that’s better than a mystery.
@neilferreri Ok grabbed an eye loop… don’t ask… and yes it appears as if all the adhesive missed the threads and hit the disk.
If you’ve got a loupe, you’ve got a hammer.
And probably a heat gun.
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