On Fri, 2013-07-26 at 22:03 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > On 26 July 2013 21:32, Sven Wesley <svenne.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am in the planning phase of making a small machining center (i haven't > > found one I'm pleased with...) and I need a tool changer. My idea at the > > moment which still is in a sketching phase, is to make a Tormach style > > changer; http://www.tormach.com/upgrades_tts_atc.html > > I have been idly pondering a rotary rack toolchanger. > The idea is that the spindle replaces the tool, then makes an arc-move > to index the rotating rack, them releases, moves up, and selects the > next tool. > The drawback is that tool order matters, or a change takes a long time. > However, it would seem that if you index with a servo to select the tool it might be rather fast to select position. How fast you can swap tools is still another issue. Good, fast, cheap, pick any two.
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