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If you’ve ever watched a CNC machine “tap” a part a few times before machining—or pause mid-cycle to check a bore—you’ve seen probing in action. A touch probe (often called a workpiece probe) is a high-precision sensor mounted in the spindle (or turret) that touches the workpiece with a stylus ball to capture real 3D coordinates inside the machine, then feeds that data back to the CNC so it can set work offsets, align the part, compensate drift, or verify dimensions in-cycle.