Z axis probe connection

Hi MotGor

How its wired:


For the v3 you can use the screw terminals instead (look at the second picture) :
CNC xPRO V3 Controller Stepper Driver

 

I used the "D3 Z probe" and Gnd pins 4th and 5th from the top on the right side in this image.. I have a V2 board but those pins appear to be the same on the V3.
It works great !! Gnd is the croc clip to the tool and D3 is the plate.

 

It doesn't matter which wire goes where. All it is doing is closing a loop. One wire goes into one port and to the base of the probe. The other wire goes to the other port and the clip.

 

I came here looking for this info, so thank you for the answers above, I shall connect my v3 probe when I get home.

I bought the OX and all associated parts to build my own machine, not because I needed a CNC machine, but because I love the idea of it, and although I'm a Technical person, I like to work with wood at home (giggidy), so I thought "you know what, why not?" and made the call to buy the machine.

Everything I've done to date is all self taught through forums such as OpenBuilds and without it, I wouldn't be in the position I currently am, and for that I want to say a massive thanks to the community. I've read loads, learned lots and managed to find an answer to just about every question I've had.

I believe that I'm almost there, however I cut my first piece a day or so ago with mixed results. I think I'm missing a fundamental piece of knowledge on how the machine calibration works, or rather, how it knows it's position relative to the work piece. I've set up my bit size (in Fusion360) and managed to send the job, which cuts well with exception to height/depth.

Here's the cut, it's just the 'M' (ignore everything else, I was playing )

Green X = Start position
Red Arrow = Tool moves to the start position for the cut
Yellow Arrow = Tool moves back to Start position

And here's the tool path


Here's what I've done, as per most videos out there (such as ''
- Set the position of the tool over the stock, jog (Z) until the tip of the tool [just] touches the work piece, zero Z, back it off a bit (10).

Now I fire up the spindle (Bosch GFK600), start the job and the Z plunges slightly below where I zeroed it, into the work piece.

^ This is where both my problem (and the video below) begins, before it cuts across the work, and begins spiralling down to cut into the 'M' from at the top right, completing the cut (satisfying for the first ever job!), and then ramps out (Yellow Arrow [on photo, not screenshot]) of the cut, back to the Start position.



So, silly question time, what am I doing wrong for the Z to drop slightly below the stock top? I imagine, owing to the speed with which it moved to make that cut, that it didn't expect to be cutting any stock at all on the way in or out, so this is almost certainly a clearance height issue? Fair shout? Here's the config I'm running for that.



Well at least I've managed to come up with a bunch of ideas to try this evening whilst concentrating on this post and digging through the forums, so I will probe away this evening and make a new cut, on new stock with a fresh brain. I'll post back tomorrow/Wednesday, however in the meantime, if anyone has any suggestions on something noobish I might be either forgetting, or overlooking, I'd be very grateful to hear from you!

 

Sweet, the Z probe works a charm in that when the plate touches the end mill, it registers in the software

I created a new project and set myself up for a cut, started the job and about 5 seconds in my X axis packed up, so that's me for the next day or so problem solving a seemingly random fault. Fun!

 

I think what you have done is either set the origin for the CAM on the STock corner and maybe still have the STock size (in the SETUP) with 1mm extra on top. So you have then zeroed to the "stock" top. So it thinks your model starts 1mm lower than you zero.
Alternative, check your Heights tab carefully. Im a beginner too and have made a lot of mistakes in there. The main ones being Top height and Bottom height.

So if you stock is the sam height as your model, make sure the 1mm extra stock is changed to 0 in the Setup.
Then check your Heights tab and USUALLY Top is model top and bottom will USUALLY either be model bottom or "Selected Contour"

Think I have the names right but I'm doing this from memory

Be careful if you flip the piece over to work on both sides as I'n not sure model top becomes the "bottom"..

 

Thanks for the pointers everyone, I'll be having a play with it again over the weekend so I'll try these suggestions

 

Hhhm I like that idea and admit I also need to “plane” my spoil board. A job for tonight

 

Uuh yeah, I have definitely done that too

 

Ok stupid question. The ground is the drill bit and the probe is the aluminum tab? If so...I'm not sure why my probe is not working. Or should I say my software is not working. I am using bCNC. I followed the youtube video and well not working.By not working I mean I enter the negative z value and click on probe like in the video. The machine goes to that negative Z value and keeps going after it touches the probe. Then when done it gives me an error message "Probe failed"...

 

At the moment I am having issues with other things on the board. I have disabled probing and hard limits. I am not sure where you are. But if you have the knowledge to help me get this machine ironed out I would very much appreciate you assistance. my email is [email protected] I can also do facetime or webcam or phone call which ever works for you. I'm at the end of my rope.