As quite a few Haimers have a flat for a sidelock I would have thought it just comes down to the accuracy of the TTS holder much like it doe sfor Weladen sidelock type cutters. If you want it more concentric then use an ER holder with a collet to the spec you want 2, 5 or 10 micron.

I did add TTS to the title in the hope that Andrew S may look in but in the mean time took a look at his photos and it looks like he uses one of the gauge holders you link to.

However it does look like you can adjust the Haimer once it is in the holder to get it concentric to the spindle

Edited By JasonB on 09/04/2021 19:00:27

Mine gets used more often on my manual mills than the CNC mill. I can't afford a Renishaw probe solely for the CNC mill, and even if I could, I wouldn't trust an addon for Mach3.

Andrew

Pathpilot has a fairly comprehensive set of probing utilities, but all reliant on an electronic probe. Can't see why I'd want to use a non-electronic probe? As far as I'm aware Renishaw probes work on conductive and non-conductive materials as does the Tormach active probe.

Andrew

Seems pretty straight forward for X and Y. I understand how he measures Z, but not sure why he chose the Haimer to be tool 1, or how this interacts with the tool table. I'm old hat and use a master tool, labelled 0, to set a zero for measuring tools for the tool table, and to set the work zero in Z. Modern thinking tends to use the spindle nose as a reference, but that can be a PITA to see what's going on. And in some applicastions is too large to be able to set the work zero in Z.

Andrew