Great addition to my CNC
For Magnetic Sensor (Hall Effect)
I bought 6 of the sensors with the bases and magnets at a great price. I have just fitted them to my X-Carve 1000mm and more than happy with them after breaking heaven knows how many micro switches which I got from Inventables.
The sensors are well built and fit perfectly into the bases, only one needed a little dab of hot glue to secure it. I did a full strip down of my machine as I wanted to change the wiring to shielded on my stepper motors ( not necessary for the sensors, I had the cable so used it :D ) and fit a new base board with clamping points rather than using double sided tape on the old one as it had a few router tracks in it as I was getting familiar with the machine. Wiring I used was Cat 5 computer cable which has twisted pair wires which helps with interference if you use the standard Inventables spindle, not so important with the De Walt but would advise it anyway. I had built a housing for all the electronics with detachable connectors and an emergency stop button which when I first ran the homing cycle my hand was hovering over!! No need to worry, the sensors all worked first time and the homing is repeatable with unerring accuracy. Worked straight away in Easel and GRBL with no problems at all. Michael Omiccioli was very quick to reply to my emails regarding installation and was very helpful and courteous.
In my opinion these sensors are a must have for your CNC, great for homing and even more so for prevention of rail crashes. Do yourself a favour and get yourself some, you won't regret it :D (please note the spelling of favor, I am an Englishman living in the USA and cannot get used to spelling it differently :p )
