7i76 and Z axis touch plate (short to ground)

That should work.

Thank you Andy, very much.

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the inspiration. I built a touch plate today and got it working. Version 2 of the touch plate is going to have a button right on the touch plate to start the probe sequence.



Thanks
John

Great work!
Maybe you can put magnet instead of alligator clip.

Nickel-plated magnets are conductive, I am not sure if the uncoated ones are.

I used a couple of ring magnets to make my own "Magsafe" connector for my touch probe as I was paranoid about starting the spindle with the probe mounted.

Carbide tools are conductive, but I don't know how magnetic they are (It might depend on how much Cobalt they have in them)

Why start spindle when probe mounted?
I saw solution somewhere (magnet instead alligator clip when spindle off).
I will post here when make probe with magnet.