How setup X & Y coordinates for the touch probe with V bit

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

The old (316) method isn’t compatible with the new (400 and later) method, and unfortunately custom tools from 316 are not directly imported into newer versions.

In the newer version in order to enter a custom tool it is necessary to create a new user library — tools may then be added to that by using the graphical interface.

See:

Adding tools in CC440 and later

This is a bit different — the tools are now stored in CSV files (do Help | About | Open Data Directory to access the carbidecreate/tools directory), and it is first necessary to add a New Library: [image] after clicking on the “New library” button you will get the “Create new library” dialog: [image] make appropriate selections (note that certain endmills only appear in certain materials — at this time, MDF has the most complete listing — further note that one aspect of this is the suitabil…

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Amana tool library

Here is a .csv for the Amana tools which Carbide 3D has begun selling. Feeds and speeds are copied from similar Carbide 3D tooling for MDF and are untested: User-Amana.zip (792 Bytes) Here is a version which has the Amana feeds and speeds copied into it — breaking this up and naming it appropriately by appropriate materials and updating the feeds and speeds to match what the machine can actually cut at is left as an exercise for the reader: User_Amana_tools_Shapeoko_Various.zip (834 Bytes) A…

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About Adding Spektra mills to tool database

Ok, thanks to @WillAdams I edited the CSV for the mills I added. Most of the columns made sense, some I guessed at. I believe things are good enough to not be afraid to try them out. If anyone is looking for something to do, I am including my mills’ specs and my CSV if you would like to opine on my interpretation… -e Amana Mills to CCPro.zip (1.0 MB)

Note that since the move to curated values in 434, certain entries which were required are now hidden in the data since they are not needed.