Optical Comparator + Gridfinity = Awesome

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  • Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
  • I bought a new tool! But naturally the first thing the tool unlocked, was a need for some side projects 😅. The gridfinity system wasn't designed for metrology, but turns out with some minor modifications, it does pretty well!
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  • @LonnonFoster
    @LonnonFoster Месяц назад +4

    Very cool Gridfinity application! And the Gridfinity optical comparator song is a real banger; totally rocking out and giggling my fool head off.

  • @gillisdebilio7086
    @gillisdebilio7086 Месяц назад +2

    superb Idea, modular workpiece holding and locating for inspection. Very interesting.

  • @misupercooner
    @misupercooner Месяц назад +2

    Glad to see a video up! Gleaning alot from your channel!

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +1

      thanks! I know my publication schedule is a little...sporadic, but I'm working on it!

  • @yelims20
    @yelims20 Месяц назад +2

    as a tool and die maker, I used to use a 50" J&L comparator... good deal!

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +1

      thats massive compared to this one!

    • @alexkern9134
      @alexkern9134 Месяц назад +1

      J&L comparators are awesome. I havent seen a 50" one but all of the ones have used have been awesome

  • @tobiaslinde84
    @tobiaslinde84 Месяц назад +1

    Cool video, you could stick the gridfinity down with magnets so you can still remove it but it stays more in place

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад

      true! I debated removing the magnet slots from the original model, but decided to leave them, in case I wanted them in the future.

  • @SarsfaceRA21
    @SarsfaceRA21 Месяц назад +11

    shoutout to @ZackFreedman for Gridfinity!

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +4

      YES! I meant to specifically mention him in the video, but accidently omitted the portion where I went through the CAD 🤦‍♂️

    • @roguelitedev
      @roguelitedev Месяц назад

      He will be proud! Nicely done!

  • @joshuahuman1
    @joshuahuman1 Месяц назад +1

    great video little tip you can use a gauge block/ other item of known dimension to extend the machined surface under the top hat. If you can probe with the door open on you machine you can just hold it on otherwise you can use a rubber band. Just make sure you subtract/add the block to you work offset I forget this more often than I'd like to admit.

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +1

      good tip! I do do that sometimes, but I don't like how you have to do it for every piece (unless you setup a workstop, and if I did that, I would just probe my workstop)

  • @davidrahn9903
    @davidrahn9903 Месяц назад +2

    I have thought about doing this on the Datron M8 at work so many times. The project turned out really nice imo. The Ai music was really distracting for me, had to fast forward through all of that.

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +1

      oooh, I would love an M8. I bet it would just eat through a big gridfinity base. and thanks for the feedback on the music

    • @davidrahn9903
      @davidrahn9903 Месяц назад +1

      @@AudacityMicro Don't get too enamored with Datron machines, haha. I talked about some of the good and bad on an episode of Within Tolerance about a year and a half ago. Episode 157. Be happy to give more nitty gritty details if you ever considered one for Audacity Micro or just wanted to shoot the breeze.

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад

      Thanks! I'm re-listening through all of the WT episodes, I should get to you again soon!
      Help me understand your view on the AI music. I knew at some point, the novelty of the AI music would wear off. Is it the principle of being AI? do you not like the style of the music? is it the lyrics? or the execution of the music?

    • @davidrahn9903
      @davidrahn9903 Месяц назад +1

      While I do have a dislike of the Ai enpoopification of most digital products recently. My biggest dislike in this video is that it generally really doesn't fit the feeling of your videos to me. The style and lyrics end up being very jarring. It's kind of an uncanny valley effect. Like "why is there a pop rock song about this specific video? And why does it sound familiar but so foreign?".

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +1

      understood! so it's more of a AJ problem than an AI problem. I think I agree with all of that. I'll take note for future videos

  • @lawmate
    @lawmate Месяц назад +1

    Pretty sure that 0 to 60 division will be a vernier for arc minutes. Each degree gets broken into 60 arc minutes and each arc minute gets broken into 60 arc seconds

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +1

      that is what I'm thinking too....Unfortunately I think it's a moot point. I tried, and couldn't get the reticule to line up with the center of rotation. I might be missing something, but there doesn't seam to be enough adjustment in the system. I think that means accurate angle measurements are out of the cards for me

  • @rykkuuu
    @rykkuuu Месяц назад +1

    for that tool change if you have setting 36 enabled for program restart you can still use same tool number just dont push cycle start on the tool number scroll down one and itll still start at the same tool number withoutt the tool change.

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад

      my mistake was not stopping and restarting the program.
      i just hit feed-hold while it was in the cut. If I had waited to a travel move it would have been fine

  • @jbrownson
    @jbrownson Месяц назад +8

    Good video, nice use of AI music not as a focal point but for montages

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +5

      Thanks! I am glad I didn't overdo it, because that is always a temptation 🤣

    • @randystaggs524
      @randystaggs524 Месяц назад +1

      The 60 is minutes of a degree…

  • @BretHall
    @BretHall Месяц назад

    Completely off topic, but dude. My wife and I both have pairs of sony wh-1000xm4 and they both literally broke in the same place as yours :D

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +1

      yeah, I was disappointed with the durability on these. I had a $50 pair of headphones before I upgraded to these. Those were really comparable to these in terms of sound and bluetooth, maybe slightly less comfortable, but they lasted about the same amount of time. I know I'm somewhat hard on headphones, but I certainly expected the sony headphones to last longer, at 5x the price.

  • @tdg911
    @tdg911 Месяц назад

    Nice find on the optical comparator. You got rid of your tormach?

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +1

      yeah, It moved on a few months ago. I just wasn't using it much, and it was taking up space, and the payments were more than the haas. It might get replaced soon though 🙂

  • @PeregrineBF
    @PeregrineBF Месяц назад

    You could probably get an L, T, disc, or star stylus to be able to measure into gaps like that. Not worth it for this project, but they do exist and can be better (and often cheaper) than a huge ball.

  • @MF175mp
    @MF175mp Месяц назад

    I would say the indicators were obviously made in the same factory. Just look at them, the only difference in appearance is the logo.

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад

      that seams right, the battery trays are even interchangeable

  • @harlymeyer1073
    @harlymeyer1073 Месяц назад

    What is that Song?

  • @IDLER223
    @IDLER223 Месяц назад +1

    MicroVu 500HP

  • @gorak9000
    @gorak9000 Месяц назад +1

    it's not that hard - got-is-vinter (I think??) - also the AI generated music is equally funny, and creepy at the same time

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад

      thanks for the pronunciation, but i'm lucky if I can pronounce English words 😅

  • @RSPFactory
    @RSPFactory Месяц назад +2

    Yeah, not a fan of the AI music, either here or on the podcast.
    For a pattern you can sit a fixture on, how about a triangle of three ball bearing? Drill three holes smaller than the balls for the base, then on the fixture have one hole, one V groove, and one flat. If done correctly (which should be easy in CAD) it will be constrained in all directions with zero wiggle.

    • @AudacityMicro
      @AudacityMicro  Месяц назад +1

      I knew at somepoint, the novelty of the AI music would wear off. Help me understand, what don't you like about it? is it the principle of being AI? do you not like the style of the music? is it the lyrics? or the execution of the music?

    • @RSPFactory
      @RSPFactory Месяц назад +3

      @@AudacityMicro it's like the uncanny valley in faces. It's not just noise, but it's not real music either, and somehow that's worse.