These will BUTā¦your electronic enclosure is MUCH tighter than the Shapeoko and not as easy to get too, so I think you would need to drill a hole for the cables, and most Nomad users donāt own a hand drillā¦
Iām KIDDING on the hand drill partā¦
Whatās a hand drill?
Some thing like this?
Why wouldnāt the touch probe work with the Nomad?. I already have the Triquetra wired to the tool length probe and it works fine. Is it just about physically modifying the Nomad?. I would be really disappointed if it didnāt.
It DOES and WILL work with the Nomad. The only problem is the installation.
New, cheap, touch probe. works with aluminum tape, on all machines!
Not automatic, but add alligator clips and it works good.
@RichCournoyer Thought so. I have no problem with modding my Nomad. Have done that already. In fact, I probably already have all the rewiring needed to be done. I had bought the Triquetra a while back but didnāt like that I couldnāt use it with Carbide Motion and automatic tool length probing.
I use the aluminum tape for edges and corners, centers, misaligned parts, material heights and tool length referencing but with this multimeter it only gives a signal because it doesnāt connect to the board, correct??
No it doesnāt.
You can put it on OHMs, put a clip on the tool, and one on the tape. As soon as it makes contact, you get a reading. Some beep too.
You still have to manually move the machine, tho, and type your zeros.
So a blog post release of a new Carbide Connect but still not a mention or post here about the status?
Rather disappointed in the Carbide3D team here.
A simple, ānot yet ready- we want it perfect for you. We hope by xx weāll have nailed it.ā Somethingā¦,
get the triquetra from the guy at inventables {heās offering a fathers day special} and donāt look back! Waiting for this one will just make you grey. Very disappointing!!
Iām sure this is also why a new CM release hasnāt come out. Looks like it might be something last minute. On the software download page it looks like they were all ready to release CM4/GRBL1.x, then backed away. Iām sure theyāre close.
I do agree, a little progress information would be nice, but @RichCournoyer has been making pretty regular reports on it recently. I really canāt blame them though, as soon as you say anything is coming on the interwebs, everyone starts complaining itās late/not good enough/ridiculous/not as good as Xā¦makes you not want to say anything at all until itās all ready to go. I would guess thatās also why they didnāt offer pre-orders.
Yep! And if they ship them and there is a problem w/ the software, people will complain about THAT!
I saw a picture of quite a few of the touch-plates, Iām confident theyāre working as quickly as can be.
I agree with you here - They opened this can of worms on August 18th of last year and then have said virtually nothing since. If they are going to make an announcement, they should be prepared to at least provide some ongoing communication at minimum every month or two of the status of said announcement - especially if delayed.
The concern isnāt the time between announcement and release (itās nice to know if something is coming down the pike before dropping time or money on other solutions), itās the utter lack of communication afterward. Prusa MK2 multi-material extruder is a great example - they announced in late sept., developed problems only apparent after beta release and gave a few updates until the were ready to start shipping.
I donāt think it is a huge time commitment to drop a note or a short update rather than leave us hanging for 10+ monthsā¦ Anyway - off my soapbox. The triquetra $50 deal looks like a great optionā¦
My hope is just that they donāt try to use the active probe circuitry to prevent any other probe from functioning with CMā¦
I completely agree, that would be contrary to the whole open and hackable concept that Carbide3D has embraced.
Actually, I donāt think I would buy one if that was the case, Iād use bCNC more, and CM less, and get a different probe.
I wondered the same question. @RichCournoyer has confirmed that non-proprietary probing is unchanged in CM v4
The C3D Touch Probe does NOT affect and or hinder the use of other probes. I also have the Additive Aerospace probe and use BOTH Probes in my daily work.
Relax guys.
Rich - I have the Additive Aerospace limit switches with the probe interface, but I had to come up with my own touch plate. did yours come with the touchplate? I know there is not much to the plate, just curious.
No, since everything I probe is conductive*, the Additive Aerospace Probe was sufficient. I LOVE the macro on the C3D Touch Probe, since it is essentially set it and forget it.
Edit (add): * = Meaning I almost never used the Additive Aerospace probe in wood.
Can you give us a preview of the Macro? Iām itching for this, I made my own touch probe, but the script is a pain in the bum!
