On Saturday 20 October 2018 10:15:20 Roland Jollivet wrote: > (whilst the list is quiet) > > I found this very interesting. Unless you know it already...
No I didn't, thank you. > > The concept is gripping stuff in a vise. While this targeted at > 5-axis, and you do need sacrificial material remaining, it gets around > how to minimally clamp some stock for machining.. > > That is, to have a dedicated station that 'pre-marks' the workpiece. > > It reminds me of the 'micro-grip' idea behind the HP plotters that > made them so popular /reliable. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BfvxqibZ9w > Priceing for the whole kit is quite likely well beyond my pay grade, but its sure a neat way to do it. Even the rotary table looks like a kilobuck+. But that doesn't mean I'm not drooling over it. ;-) -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
