I have a Denford Orac with a switch on the saddle and an adjustable stop that clamps on the bed. I also use another machine that has a fixed switch on the headstock and is an adjustable rod on the saddle to set the trip point. These has saved the machines from damage a couple of times and I have been meaning to do something similar with my Colchester Triumph.
This sort of setup only works well if all of your tools are about the same length. For instance I have access to another machine with a trip switch and an ATC. On many jobs you end up with the trip switch being unable to protect all of the tools. For instance you can't protect boring tools. Now what would be really useful is to be able to set soft limits in work coordinates rather than machine coordinates. That way you can protect all tools, no matter what size they are. You would need to be able to set the limit position from code to allow for boring operations etc. Les On 20/11/15 11:00, andy pugh wrote: > Has anyone ever tried embedding proximity sensors in their lathe > saddle to protect against chuck-strikes or backing up against the > tailstock? > > If so, any "lessons learned" about where to put the sensors? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
