ISO 20 toolholders are nice, but you may wish to investigate the cost of them before making a commitment. They seem to be less readily available at cheap surplus prices.
Steve Stallings > -----Original Message----- > From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:kwall...@wallacecompany.com] > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:07 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Engaver Tool Changing > > On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 19:59 +1100, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: > ... snip > > This is a good read. Movie at the end too... > > > > http://www.cncathome.com/spindles.html > ... snip > > As Paul says in the video, that's pretty cool. The page saves me from > finding out the hard way that something is unlikely to work. > Thanks for > the link Frank. > > I am tending towards having the same arrangement with the motor offset > and driving the spindle with a belt. Then having the draw bar release > cylinder offset opposite from the motor and pushing on the > bar through a > lever. The NMTB 40 taper will be above the spindle on piers. I think > I'll stick with the ISO 20 tool holders. > > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > California, USA > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
