If milling between centers would be acceptable, how about using an actuated tailstock and the type of headstock center with aggressive drive dog points built in?
Perhaps something like this: http://www.woodworkingarchive.biz/woodturning-techniques/images/1383_8_21-wood-lathe-chucks-drive-dog.jpg Best, Jason On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Viesturs Lācis <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > I need to build a machine for rotary milling of wood parts. The thing > is that customer wants the parts in the rotary head to be swapped > automatically, so some kind of cnc-operated chuck is needed. > I would appreciate, if somebody could share a link to something like > that. Total range of parts to be machined is 13 to 40 mm, but I do > understand that operator would have to set up the jaws for particular > diameter as the chuck itself would move the jaws for few milimeters > only. > Is there any simple way to make some diy version that actually works? > I was thinking about gripping the part between some rollers, but I do > not think that there would be no slipping etc. > Any suggestions or hints will be appreciated :) > > Viesturs > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. > GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that > you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your business. > Configured For All Businesses. Start Your Cloud Today. > https://www.gigenetcloud.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your business. Configured For All Businesses. Start Your Cloud Today. https://www.gigenetcloud.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
