Probing Instructions

1. Install the boring head/cutting tool, and set vertical zero.

2. Install the probe unit into the machine spindle.
3. Choose the suitable stylus and install into the probe unit.
4. Check and adjust runout at the stylus ball. 4 small jack screws are used to position
the unit to run concentric with the machine spindle rotation. Adjust to within .
001.
5. On “Vertical Stops” page, set “Probe Clearance”, at a height that the probe may
safely move from cylinder to cylinder without interference.
6. On the same page, set “Probe Height”. This height is set with the stylus ball
contacting the desired area of the cylinder.
7. With the machine still at “Probe Height”, manually move to the approx. center of
the cylinder.
8. On “Set Zeros” screen, press “Probe Auto Center”. The machine will stay at
probe height, probe the cylinder at 4 points, and stop at the center of the cylinder.
9. Set “In/Out” and “Horizontal” zero.
10. Measure the center to center distance for the bank of cylinders to be probed.
These dimensions are all from # 1 cylinder. Go to “Left Locations/ Blueprint”,
page and enter all measurements.
11. Go to “Probing”. You can probe any individual cylinder by pressing the selected
cylinder, “Probe 1” button, or probe the entire bank by pressing “Probe Left”.
12. When finished probing the entire bank, the machine will return to the center of #1
cylinder and stop.
13. You may perform the boring operations from the “Probing” screen, or you can go
to the “Indicated” screen, and operate from there. If this is chosen, be sure to
press “Copy From Probed”. When switching modes, and operating from the
“Indicated” screen, you must also remember to “Copy From Probed”, as the
probed locations will not automatically transfer.