Re: Quick Change Tooling

Hi Joe:

I was thinking about building somthing like your description of the
impact wrench quick change. In your description you said a spring is
used to disengage the socket from the drawbar. is the mechanism used
to engage the socket a "bendix" type or is it simpiler.

Wally K.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Joe Vicars <jvicars@c...> wrote:
> I missed most of this thread, so excuse my repeats.
> Most of the power drawbar retrofits are nothing more than an
impact
> wrench mounted to the top of the machine with a spring to disengage
the
> socket. Real quick change spindles do not operate on the same
principal
> as the R8
> Other "quick change" are collet adapters with R8 shanks. They
are
> quick because you don't have to mess with the drawbar once they are
> installed. But you do have to have a spindle break and use their
wrench
> and collets.