How did you go with the BitSetter?
I wonder if it will work with other brands of machine (I have a BlueCarve Turbo - a brand made in and supported from Australia)
Hi Jon, I don’t know if the bitsetter would work with other machines, for me, it works great on my 4XL. I’m sure someone else here knows that answer to your question.
It’s made to mount to the Shapeokos, specifically. The BitSetter is a fantastic, seamlessly designed accessory for the Shapeoko, but it is, essentially, a probe. The BitSetter, though it uses a proximity sensor, is a switch that shorts the probe pin to ground.
If you can connect a probe to your machine, you can bitSet.
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To expand on that — some concerns:
- the BitSetter has a specific connector (and a couple of adapters) — you’re on your own for hooking it up to a non-Carbide 3D machine
- while there is specific support for managing tool changes using a BitSetter in Carbide Motion, other software may not have this feature — you’re on your own for software support for configuring a BitSetter and making use of it in software other than Carbide Motion
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