On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 01:31 -0400, Don Stanley wrote: > Hi Jon; > Presently I am using the hollow R8 collets waiting for someone to > develop a tool changer for the R8 machines before buying a pot full of > the R8 end mill holders. My work has been mostly one of a kind so far > but will soon switch to batch jobs and I will be forced to the end mill > holders > with or without a Tool Changer. > > Do you know of any R8 tool changers that cost less than a mill? > Or maybe a good design that could be duplicated?
Have you seen the Tormach holders?: http://www.tormach.com/Product_TTS2.html May be useable with a rack type changer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etfmFJKksgQ http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?RackToolChanger http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCMillDrawbar.html There should be a couple of people on this list that have made stud puller type draw bars, but I have lost the links. ... Found one -- Andy has a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxrzJ_KfcQ0 If you were going to invest in a lot of tool holders, I would consider grinding the R8 spindle taper to use CAT30 or one of the other 30 tapers. http://www.tools-n-gizmos.com/specs/Tapers.html -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
