That $150 probe I cheaped out on cost me a $2k crash yesterday

Bought a generic touch probe off Amazon to save cash on my Haas Mini Mill. Worked fine for a month then gave a false reading during a production run. The tool slammed into the fixture and snapped a $120 endmill plus ruined the part. Anyone else had a cheap probe burn them on a job?

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diana_west271mo ago

@uma_ellis probably saved a few bucks too, right?

uma_ellis1mo ago

Did you verify the probe was actually measuring right before that run?

craig.john1mo ago

Yeah I double checked the probe against a backup sensor first and it was fine.