Our Probe of the Month photo for June doesn't contain a probe. It shows two custom probe holders, for use with M5 styli. The probe holders feature compound angles at the ends (see black circles). Each angle is engraved with the...
May's Probe of the Month is a couple of custom M2 disk styli. The disks are 18 mm diameter and 0.8 mm thick. They're made of hardened tool steel and have five through holes for lightness. They're attached to a 3...
April 2015's Probe of the Month is a custom M5 disk stylus. It's 30 mm diameter and 1.5 mm thick. The overall length is 35 mm. The carbide stem is 5 mm diameter. The disk is made from hardened tool...
January 2015's Probe of the Month is a custom M5 T-stylus with two 0.8 mm ruby balls and a 6 mm solid carbide shaft. Length overall is 75 mm. It weighs 34.70 grams. Our client is a manufacturer of linear...
September 2014's Probe of the Month is an M5 threaded stylus with a one-piece stainless steel body and 6.0 mm diameter ceramic ball. The stylus is 8.0" long from the base to the ball tip. The body tapers from 11.0...
August 2014's Probe of the Month is a 5 mm diameter carbide disk probe with a 1 mm diameter carbide stem and M2 threaded stainless steel base. The 5 mm diameter disk is ground to 0.6 mm thickness. It is...
June's Probe of the Month is comprised of a 580 mm long carbon fiber shaft with a 12 mm diameter ceramic ball at one end, and M5 titanium thread fitting at the other. It weighs just 42.45 grams. We're told...
This is a double-ended stylus with 0.3 mm carbide balls at both ends. Our client, a CMM manufacturer, asked if we could make ten. To see how we did it, click here.
January's Probe of the Month is an M5 stylus, 56.5 mm long, with a 2.0 mm ruby ball at the tip and a 1.5 mm carbide stem. The base is stainless steel. It weighs 7.01 grams. It's unusual to see...
