Haimer Taster - Setting Zero and Probe Tip 

I hope it helps. :) If you have the more square design, make sure you check out lockcracker's vid.....it's slightly different. You're more than welcome Kent. Thanks! Mike

Hi Mike, so, two days ago I was saying "Who breaks a Haimer probe?" to someone... well, one year later, that someone is me. Hubris of man. The tips are apparently so popular that Amazon has them available by Prime. :) Also, I got notice of your Ball Joint vid, but when I came back to watch this video, I find that I'm unsubscribed. I've had that with a couple other channels recently. RU-vid seems to have a lot of bugs.

Hi Kent:) i'm meeting you very often in various vids revolving around workshop things:) Greetings!:) /WB

Wow! I'm super happy to hear that. :) Did you watch the two vids I linked in the description box? I watched those to learn how and then did it over and over again for a couple of hours to get where I could do it for the camera. Good luck with your engineering career!! If I were do do things over again, I think I'd become a mechanical engineer. I subbed your channel just in case you decide to do some videos about your journey or any of your work. :) -Mike

Thanks....and congrats!!! It saves so much time!!!

LOL......I could be. I got the info/process from another guy. They don't need to be gorilla tight, but they seem to get that way pretty easily sometimes. You just have to realize that you're getting a bit too snug and loosen the other side before you get too tight. It's real easy to want to just tweak it that last little bit and then you find yourself too tight. Mike

No kidding on the "last little bit" part. So tempting to dial out the last couple 10ths, and then the whole thing goes wonky and you have to start over. The thing needs a button you press and it self calibrates. LOL

A one button calibrate would be awesome!! Probably cost as much as a Renishaw probe then.

You're more than welcome! Sorry to hear that.........and welcome to the club. :( lol!!! :) I've crashed/dropped mine a few times and it still seems to work okay after I adjust it....hopefully, yours will too.

bluehandsvideo so it turns out there wasn't enough adjustment. I think I marred or deformed the ball/socket connection. I can get it within 0.005" of zero but not zero. I ordered another one as I need something I can trust. Should I mount this on the wall of shame?

I would try it again, actually. There's a really small window of adjustment. I thought mine was hosed.....had to take a second shot at it to get it into the sweet spot. It's been awhile, so I don't recall the details, I just remember that I couldn't adjust it far enough the first time.....had to come at it again. You can take the front bezel off....the gauge comes out. You've already given up on it, so you can't actually hurt it any more. If still no go.....send/loan it to me for a bit.....I'll pull it apart and take some vid of the guts. :) ......then send it back. But.....take another crack at it first....I'll bet you can get it working again.

Well I removed the gauge from the body and then removed the o-ring. I then can manually slide the gauge up and down same as the grub screws would do. Even all the way down, metal against metal - it still wouldn't zero out.

Sorry to hear that! Guess I've gotten lucky. :)

You're welcome. Thank you!! :)

Hmmm....great question. I'm not exactly sure, but I would think that you'd want the dial straight up. I don't remember my dial turning. I can't seem to find it right now, but I remember seeing a vid where the face was taken off. If you can find that one, it might better answer your question. Thanks!!

Howdy Aaron!!!! I was just wondering about you the other day. Great to hear from you!! Congrats on the new equipment. Are you still going to run the router? I don't think I've ever seen the aluminum one finished. Make sure to look up Tom/Inspiration Metalworks ru-vid.com/show-UCoNrGYb-HzTvTJIWY5mixIw John/nyccnc channels ru-vid.com/show-UCe0IyK4ntgdPTTjsxjvyHPg Robert/robertcowan ru-vid.com/show-UCPOTPYuDsKnXP9I-ph4yMgg ....they're all putting out vids on the 440. you should still have my email and phone. :) I'll be making chips all day if you want to drop by.

There are other videos out there of the same thing being done. It is the way to do it.......but feel free to spend $500 on one, knock it off zero and then post video of how to do it....then come back and post a link here. I'll even pin it or put it in the description box. :)

Thanks! I haven't tried it. The spindle turns really easily, so two might cause it to twist.....not sure. By all means....if you're comfortable doing it, do it. :) I'm not sure I've got the brain power to do two at once! LOL

You're welcome. :) -Mike

Did you get it new? I'd be a bit irritated if it came in that way new. I hope the vid helps and that you get it all dialed in!! :) Thanks!

bluehandsvideo yaa its new from tormach .

It will be good experience learning to dial it in, in case it happens again, but that's a bit disappointing that it came in that way.

Mine was off a hair. I wasnt bothered. I was looking at disassembling the top to make a custom tool holder before receiving it. Fortunately boring the tool holder to 10mm solved any and all of my issues.

:)

but i didnt knew about how you could set the zero right thank you for the video

LOL!!! At least he did it and not you! Does it still work?

I didn't know either until l0ckcr4ck3r did his vid. You're more than welcome. :)

he never found al parts from it so he orderd a new one

LOL!! That was a rather expensive "oops"! :)

It seems like about 1 day in 5 or 6 goes well......I'm looking forward to that getting swapped around. :) Thanks!!

oh.....and if I woke up in a strange place with a "probe tip" in certain places......I doubt I'd ever speak of it to anyone!!! LOL!! :)

In the famous words of your creepy Scout-Master..."Wanna go camping?" LOL!!! Hey that makes me wonder, isn't it a little odd that they called the Boy Scout leaders Scout "Master", don't you think that's weird?

LOL!!!! I was thinking alien......Scout-Master is way, way creepier!! lol