That's the email I got upon entering the shop today. I was using a 1 x 10 styli for a part with 3-48 & 6-32 threaded holes. Just trying to get a decent location within tolerance of +/- .005. Now, the customer (we are the sub-contractor) is "coming in today with a cylindrical probe which will take more accurate hits on thread holes". I checked some of the postings in the forum and it looks like there's a lot involved and the results are sketchy.
BTW, don't make the typical "rookie mistake" and enter the pitch in backwards. Always remember the Right-Hand Rule: With your right hand thumb pointing in the POSITIVE direction of the Z-axis (or whichever is your axial direction), a POSITIVE rotation follows in the direction that your other 4 fingers are pointing. I've seen more programs with the pitch entered backwards than ANY other common CMM programming error...
Like I said - I check visually on the path lines, and watch as it executes just to make sure.
BTW, don't make the typical "rookie mistake" and enter the pitch in backwards. Always remember the Right-Hand Rule: With your right hand thumb pointing in the POSITIVE direction of the Z-axis (or whichever is your axial direction), a POSITIVE rotation follows in the direction that your other 4 fingers are pointing. I've seen more programs with the pitch entered backwards than ANY other common CMM programming error...
Like I said - I check visually on the path lines, and watch as it executes just to make sure.
