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Re: Mini Toolchanger Videos

gcode fi (hanermo) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:15:06 GMT

I somewhat, kind of agree. Based on my experiences with a chinese 7x and a heavier commercial 12x. What where your experiences with Sherline shortcomings ?

Re: Mini Toolchanger Videos

Michael Fagan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:52:43 GMT

The big issue I see is needing to convert the mill to take the ISO15 toolholders. What exactly does this entail? Do you have to make a new spindle, or does

Re: Mini Toolchanger Videos

yahoo@... — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:08:14 GMT

I noticed that in most of those videos the tool changer was mounted on a Sherline mill. I tried for a while to use a Sherline for production work, but found

Re: Mini Toolchanger Videos

Roland Jollivet — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:07:12 GMT

I don't see a problem with that. It's not the point of the demo. What's more surprising to me is the really poor response to the videos on this forum. I

Re: Mini Toolchanger Videos

yahoo@... — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:30:11 GMT

I have to wonder why the changed tools are never shown actually coming into contact with the work piece. Could it be that the tool immediately flies accross

Re: Mini Toolchanger Videos

Roland Jollivet — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:35:21 GMT

Gee, they work really well. Very fast too. I'm surprised the tools don't go flying across the room. Roland 2009/11/18 onecooltoolfool

Mini Toolchanger Videos

onecooltoolfool — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:46:57 GMT

I have added a You Tube page showing several videos of different types of home made mini toolchangers over the years. thanks,

Re: Techno Isel Modifications/ Geko Drives

Jon Elson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:29 GMT

... Well, not necessarily true. I sell brushless servo amps for $150 per axis. Jon

Re: Techno Isel Modifications/ Geko Drives

Jon Elson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:42:37 GMT

... I find that a bit hard to believe, that flipping switches will destroy the board. But, maybe they plugged it into the wrong kind of board slot, plugged the

Re: Breaking cutters OT

Will Holding — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT

That's great advice for steel- unfortunately AFAIK PCB's are usually clad in copper. Copper is soft and cuts fairly easily but work hardens severely if you

Re: Techno Isel Modifications/ Geko Drives

Dan Mauch — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:29:31 GMT

I have retrofitted about 10 of the techno Esel 48X52 routers . Seven of them were stepper systems and 3 were servos. The G320 will work great with the stock

Re: Techno Isel Modifications/ Geko Drives

gcode fi (hanermo) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:33:50 GMT

The plan is good. The servos either will work with geckos, or not. If not, they will be worthless to you. Commercial servo drives that will work with the

Techno Isel Modifications/ Geko Drives

thayn.eric — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:57:39 GMT

Hello all, I am new to the world of CNC. As an occupation, I am a Process Automation Systems Support Administrator. I work with Distributive Control Systems

Re: Breaking cutters OT

William Thomas — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:25:40 GMT

Hi Alan and all: A year and a half ago I cut a mold cavity in S7 tool steel with 1/16" and 1/32" ball nose cutters. I was able to cut a 1/16"

Re: Laser "route" Printed Circuit Boards

Jon Elson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:52:18 GMT

... If you used steppers, and went Zig, stop, zag, then back again, yes. But, a spinning drum can process a lot of pixels quickly. I have a raster laser