I have a new toy. It's a Shizuoka ST-N mill with a Bandit controller. Unfortunately, the Bandit (with steppers) seems to be working fine, so I won't be swapping it for EMC2 right away. It has a tool changer that seems to lend itself to mills in general. The arm motion is controlled mechanically with a pneumatic up/down, rotate and grip feature. During rotation the course of the arm is controlled by a slot in the pivot. Building one for my Bridgeport seems doable. Although, with EMC2, it might be easier to have EMC2 do the arm motion and gripper control and have a simple pivot. I have pictures and a video here:
http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/ It sure would be a shame if the Bandit had an accident. I'd better plan out an EMC2 conversion, just in case. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/Bandit CNC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
