Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Sawyer motor

Jon Anderson wrote:

>
> On a similar vein, I'm sure you've seen the assembly robots working on
>
> the same principle, with a large overhead platten and multiple little
> "pucks" running around on the "ceiling". Magnetic attraction holds
> them
> up, and they float on a cushion of air.
>
> I thought one time how cool it would be to have a mill with a separate
>
> shuttle for each tool. Depending upon the part (and it would certainly
>
> work best with shallow parts), you could have several tools working
> all
> at the same time. Of course the software and collision avoidance would
>
> be an interesting challenge.

Oh, yeah! Dueling machining heads! Wow, talk about how much fun
a disgruntled machine tool programmer could have, reading in the paper
about the massive accident they had the day after he was fired!

(the other) Jon