LinuxCNC handles random tool changing. LinuxCNC will keep track of which tool is in which pocket. If you only load tools through the spindle and pay no attention to the tool order in the magazine you will have no trouble.
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 4:03 PM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26 July 2013 21:32, Sven Wesley <svenne.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am in the planning phase of making a small machining center (i haven't > > found one I'm pleased with...) and I need a tool changer. My idea at the > > moment which still is in a sketching phase, is to make a Tormach style > > changer; http://www.tormach.com/upgrades_tts_atc.html > > I have been idly pondering a rotary rack toolchanger. > The idea is that the spindle replaces the tool, then makes an arc-move > to index the rotating rack, them releases, moves up, and selects the > next tool. > The drawback is that tool order matters, or a change takes a long time. > > -- > atp > If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics > Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Addressee is the intended audience. If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private correspondence. Thank you for honoring my wish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
