Which spindle did you get? Options that looked appealing to me: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-8KW-ATC-Water-Cooled-Automatic-Tool-Change-Spindle-Motor-ISO20-220V-5-4A-CNC-/112396640759?hash=item1a2b5ca1f7:g:5UIAAOSwawpXtUTl
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2HP-1-5kw-24000RPM-ISO20-3-bearings-Automatic-Tool-Changes-ATC-Spindles-/262522320679?hash=item3d1f8cb727:g:9NYAAOSwRJ9Xhg6v Danny ---- hubert <h...@hbahr.org> wrote: > Jan did one for my Mill. It uses BT30 tool holders. I am not familiar > with tool holding on the router. We used the carousel component for > storage and presentation of the tool. We used pneumatic cylinders for > draw bar and movement of the tool to and from the spindle. We also had > to make sure the spindle stopped in the right orientation for the tool > change. > > Hubert > > > On 5/11/17 8:33 AM, Les Newell wrote: > > I have done a lathe ATC, which was fairly painless. I have a router that > > is due for a retrofit and it has an ATC. I'll probably be starting on it > > sometime around July/August. > > > > There are various ways to do tool changers. My lathe ATC uses a Python > > script which I wrote as a quick hack though it works so well I never > > bothered to turn it into a proper hal module. For the router I'll > > probably use ClassicLadder. > > > > Les > > > > On 09/05/2017 21:17, dan...@austin.rr.com wrote: > >> I'm hoping to do an ATC router (primarily wood) next. Does anyone have > >> experience doing that with LinuxCNC? > >> > >> I do see some $2000 spindle options. Any recommendations? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Danny > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users