If it is a BP knee mill you can get a Quick Switch 200 spindle and set each tool offset before you run. You still have to swap by hand but it is repeatable and quick. My BP Series 1 with Anilam conversion is set up this way.
John On 9/9/2011 12:31 AM, 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? > > Thanks > Don > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Jon Elson<el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > >> andy pugh wrote: >>> If you don't have a tool setter, but can measure the tool-length >>> (maybe even just height-above-table measured with a caliper with a >>> suitable choice of toolchange position) then the G10 could pull a >>> measurement out of a textbox in a GladeVCP panel. >>> >> If the OP has a way to repeatably install tools, such as end mill >> holders instead of collets, >> then he can measure the tools in several ways and put the length offsets >> in the tool table. >> Then, the tool length can be set from the tool table when the tool is >> put in the spindle. >> See http://pico-systems.com/preset.html for one method of doing this. >> You can also measure >> the length of the tool on the machine and calculate the offset to put in >> the tool table. >> >> Jon >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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 >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
