First I'm not a machinist.
We have a TM-2 for protos. It has the probe. I have only made about 10 different parts so far. Let me say this:
I don't know how a modern shop gets by without a probe.
Geof seems a bit different that he only produces his products.
If I were to learn how to program our machine with the probe and have it probe every part and spit out a sheet with the measured dimensions it would be very valuable.... So far none of our current vendors have that in their manufacturing process.
Spend the money on the probe.....its part of manufacturing technology.
Tim |