On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote: >I have a new toy. It's a Shizuoka ST-N mill with a Bandit controller. >Unfortunately, the Bandit (with steppers) seems to be working fine, so I >won't be swapping it for EMC2 right away. It has a tool changer that >seems to lend itself to mills in general. The arm motion is controlled >mechanically with a pneumatic up/down, rotate and grip feature. During >rotation the course of the arm is controlled by a slot in the pivot. >Building one for my Bridgeport seems doable. Although, with EMC2, it >might be easier to have EMC2 do the arm motion and gripper control and >have a simple pivot. I have pictures and a video here: > >http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/
Neat, I'll bet shipping was outragious though, it looks like well over a ton. And the tool changer is sweet. >It sure would be a shame if the Bandit had an accident. I'd better plan >out an EMC2 conversion, just in case. By all means. :) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) It's raisins that make Post Raisin Bran so raisiny ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
