Thanks to All;
This will keep me busy for a while.
Don
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote:
> Don Stanley wrote:
> > Hi Jon;
> > Presently I am using the hollow R8 collets waiting for someone to
> > develop a tool changer for the R8 machines before buying a pot full of
> > the R8 end mill holders. My work has been mostly one of a kind so far
> > but will soon switch to batch jobs and I will be forced to the end mill
> > holders
> > with or without a Tool Changer.
> >
> > Do you know of any R8 tool changers that cost less than a mill?
> > Or maybe a good design that could be duplicated?
> >
> I'm sure, if I wanted to, I could make a tool changer that would work
> with R-8. But, it wouldn't
> be really simple. You'd probably
> need some kind of standard ring to grip the holders with, and I'm not
> clear on how those could
> be easily attached to all the different holders. What I'm envisioning
> would end up looking a bit
> like a miniaturized Cat V-flange holder. You also need spindle orient
> unless you take the
> key out of the spindle.
>
Jon
Taking the key out of the spindle was very easy when I hit the wrong
button on the CNC system Pendant I was using before EMC2.
>
> There is the Tormach TTS scheme that might be adaptable to a tool
> changer. Maybe
> magnetic rings could hold the holder while transferring it to the spindle.
>
> Anyway, I found that without a changer, it makes MUCH more sense to
> change the work,
> and do all procedures on ALL workpieces before changing the tool. That
> may not work
> as well for complex parts that require a lot of machining steps on each
> piece, but it works
> for the parts I do.
>
> Jon
>
>
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