If you mount a plastic vacuum tube onto the machine as a pick and place, then pick up ball, dip in pot of glude, and press into hole. If it's a press fit, then no need to release the vacuum, just pull off.
Regards Roland On 9 October 2012 13:54, Slavko Kocjancic <esla...@gmail.com> wrote: > if you have done pick and place then just put something like cotton swab > (but more durable) and brush hole to spread glue. Maybe Hot glue is > alternative too? Then you can use something like reprap extrudor to > apply glue. > > > On 9.10.2012 13:41, charles green wrote: > > suggestion: consider alternate method of celebration. > > > > --- On Tue, 10/9/12, craig <cr...@facework.com> wrote: > > > >> From: craig <cr...@facework.com> > >> Subject: [Emc-users] Gluing little balls > >> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 2:52 AM > >> I have a CNC related problem. > >> > >> I am making small decorative personal gifts using thin wood > >> (5-6mm - 1/4 > >> inch thick) and 6mm diameter colored glass balls (small > >> marbles). > >> > >> A pattern of shaped holes is cut in the wood with a small > >> cnc router > >> using 2 tools. A 1/4 ball nose mill cuts to > >> approximately 4mm depth. A > >> 3/16 tool then cuts the rest of the way through he wood. > >> additional > >> surface patterns may also be cut. > >> > >> The balls are then glued into the holes with a clear > >> adhesive ( > >> currently a thinned clear caulking compound). > >> > >> The resulting items are interesting viewed directly or > >> back-lit. > >> > >> > >> The problem: > >> > >> The marbles are currently glued in by hand. > >> Painting the glue into the holes, placing the ball > >> and pressing it > >> down gets tedious. > >> > >> I would like to automate this process by replacing the > >> spindle with > >> other equipment. > >> > >> I can automate the pick and placement of the balls. ( > >> spheres may be > >> the easiest item to pick and place) > >> > >> But I have not found a good way to automate the gluing > >> process > >> inexpensively. > >> > >> suggestions? Thoughts? > >> > >> > >> Any help would be appreciated. > >> > >> Craig > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy > >> New Relic APM > >> Deploy New Relic app performance management and know > >> exactly > >> what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and > >> .NET app > >> Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd > >> shirt too! > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly > > what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app > > Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly > what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app > Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
