Enter the edge finder. The humble edge finder is one of those tools that are so commonplace in manual machining that everyone has forgotten how clever they are. It’s just a shaft with a ...

Edge finders are tools used to locate the edge of a workpiece du ring machine setup operations by using an X and Y axis. They are also referred to as center finders or wigglers, and are used in some ...

A useful way to do this is to set an origin at one corner of the part, based on its physical edges. How do you tell the DRO (or hand wheels) where the edges are? Enter the edge finder.