PSA: That cheap tool setter probe I bought off eBay cost me 3 hours of rework

I grabbed a $60 tool setter probe from some no-name eBay seller last month thinking I was saving big over the $300+ name brand ones. It worked fine for about a week, then started giving me readings off by 0.005" randomly without warning. Crashed a part so bad I had to re-run the whole program and scrap $120 worth of aluminum stock. Has anyone else gotten burned by cheap eBay tooling or am I just unlucky?

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jordanc325mo ago

$60 probe nearly trashed my whole setup too.

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finley7295mo ago

Man, that sucks to hear. A buddy of mine @jordanc32 had a similar thing happen with a cheap temp sensor and it nearly cooked his whole build. He caught it right before it did real damage but still had to replace a bunch of stuff.

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hannahk194mo ago

$60 probe? I've trashed way more than that on pizza and bad decisions @finley729.

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