I don’t have a BitZero for my SO 4 and they seem to be always out-of-stock, currently with new supplies expected at end of April.
I don’t really need the X/Y-part but I find myself spending quite a lot of time setting the Z.
Since it’s basically a question of whether the loop is open or closed and the offset (probe thickness for Z) has anyone looked into creating their own simple BitZero?
I’m imagining something like surfacing a small piece of aluminum to act as the probe, a couple of cables - one for the mill and one for the aluminum-plate.
I guess it’s really a question of whether this is possible with Carbide Motion? (or something else)
(Just for clarity: I’m not looking for a way to not buy stuff from Carbide3d. But - as with a lot of things - there seem to be a shortage of supplies atm)
Yeah if you only need Z any conductive surface will do. The only catch is that the thickness of C3D’s bitzero is hardcoded in Carbide Motion, so if you want to continue using it for Z probing you would need to make your custom probe the exact same height.
I see someone posted the dimensions of the original Bitzero. What are the dimensions of the Bitzero 2?
Are they both hard-coded in CM? Is there a setting for which one is being used?
I couldn’t tell you the dimensions, I don’t own one myself.
Yes both bitzeros dimensions are hardcoded in CM, and the Settings page has a section to select the BitZero type:
