Haimer - 80.960.00.IN HAIMER Mini 3D Sensor - Inch Version

Very nice instrument, but the English manual is wanting. Written by a non-native English speaker, so the idioms and words don't translate well. Also, instructions for zero'ing runout omit the near certainty that you'll have to loosen the socket cap screw (SCS) in the shank enough so that the four opposing screws for zeroing the head's eccentricity ("concentricity") work (DO NOT OVER-TORQUE). (Had to call factory to make sure I wouldn't damage unit). Factory says torque on shank SCS should be 6 N-m or 4.4 ft-lbs. I'd say it's less than that. Once you re-torque the shank SCS, back off all four opposing set screws and GINGERLY zero the runout. Don't use the set screws to shift the head... use your hand to shift the head relative to the shank and snug the set screws only to hold your final adjustment in place, otherwise, you'll be (literally) screwing around with the runout for an hour. The head is very finicky during this runout-zero'ing procedure: as you snug up the set screws, it moves around more than you'd expect. Consequently, my first session took over 30 minutes as I learned the feel of it. Once you've dialed it in, it's a very fast and accurate means of finding edges and corners in 2D and 3D respectively. NOTE: the long probe has an 8mm ball on the end, which is huge. This is necessary, owing to the trigonometry of the way the head actuates the dial indicator. My point here: don't expect to reach deep into a narrow hole to find an edge... the geometry that makes this a fast and accurate 3D taster also makes it incapable of that kind of probing. Not sure how this would fare in a tool changer. I have a Bridgeport with a Maxi Torque-Rite, and it seems to survive a few cycles of that without going out of cal. Other reviewers seem to have mixed results with tool changers knocking it out of zero runout. (I agree with the one reviewer who says it seems easy to knock out of calibration.) Dedicate a tool holder / shank to this, clamp it in tight, and then zero your runout. Re-check the eccentricity regularly. Once you get the hang of it, it's not hard to re-zero

On concept, this thing is AMAZING! In practice it leaves something to be desired. I started off calibrating the center and the set screws were too stiff to turn. After calling Haimer, I learned that they commonly have these shipping from the factory with the bolt on the shaft end tightened too tight. I followed their advice and broke the bolt loose, followed by re-tightening is to their spec. I was relived when this initially appeared to have fixed the issues. After re-calibration, it worked well. After a few uses, I noticed that my tool path didn't line up, so I retested the indicator and found it off center again. I assumed it was just me, re-calibrated it again and put it back into service. When this happened again I called them. They suggested that the tool changer was jarring the tool and that I should hand load it.OK, so I now I'm hand loading the tool. After a week, I tested it against an traditional indicator and programmed a tool path to verify the indicator. It was obvious this thing had drifted again!!!!!I called them, and that's when I was told that their warranty was something like 30 days, and that they primarily shipped these to Europe for service. I expected better for an expensive indicator. They gave me some BS about metrology equipment and that my expectations were too high.Essentially it's a great tool when it works, and I now keep a .0001" dial indicator on a mag base handy to check it periodically so I don't start making bad parts again. I wish this thing could hold it's center......... I guess it's still quicker and better than the old school edge finder, but this has encouraged me to look at a probe system.I'm not sure, but I wonder if the "Next Generation" has an improvement to the set screws.

It's so much faster to zero and tram my work in in my VMC... Seriously quick. I then re did all my tool offsets so that all of my tools are offset wrt this indicator and have a dedicated tool holder for it. Combined with a Z-setter, I was able to calibrate a dozen or so tools in about ten minutes.That said, it took less than 2 hours for my operator to break the tip off... I mean, I guess that's good that it protected the tool.. but it does suck that the tips are so expensive to replace.

This is very high quality tool. Built very well. Designed very rugged.So far it has saved me many hours of setup time from screwing with edge finders etc.. I highly recommend this for any milling machine. I have just the standard short probe. And so far this has been perfect. I can see where some setups may benefit from the long probe but it's a easy add on later.The only thing I wish it had was a high quality case to store it in my tool box. But that's no reason to not purchase this tool. It's worth every penny of $400

WOW! even before putting this on a collet, I thought....Man, this is cool! I have put this on several machines now, and the largest difference I have seen on this and amy machine/tool holder combo........is 3/10ths (of a thou). This item is no slouch for a purely mechanical 3D dial indicator. I'm amazed!....I got a friend to buy the larger previous model, He loved it too! So much, that he forgot to take it out of the machine and spun it up to 6K RPM..... His model did not survive.... It exploded! So, overall. great device, accurate and honest...... You gust need to treat it as an antique from the future that will explode if you spin it!

Calibrating the probe tip was pretty tedious and it took a while to get a good handle on it, but once you get a feel for it things go much faster. It actually is very accurate. The only thing I can complain about is poor documentation. There is a screw inside the shank that provides friction for the alignment mechanism which is not mentioned in the documentation. As shipped it was so tight that alignment was impossible. After loosening it alignment went fine. WHY DIDN'T HAIMER MENTION THIS? I wasted 2 hours figuring this out, and I'm sure I would have damaged it it I hadn't figured that out.

Great unit, super accurate and built like a swiss watch.The next best thing compared to an industrial probe when it comes to time saving.Take your time when you handle it and make sure you don't crash it in the Z.

High quality, performs as it’s designed to. Thanks

Use it over an edge finder for more accurate setups, super handy tool.

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