Re: Pictures of Bridgette

Tim,

Don't scrap the wizard! It "solves" some problems with that mill type!

You will find out pretty quickly that the procedure of raising and
lowering the knee for Z is SLOW... The mill wizard lets you obtain a
set of (fast) z axis moves without the need for the knee to move.

Hope this helps.

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...> wrote:
>
> > Ok Tim,
> > Couple of questions. Looks like you have a power knee which I
have
> > never seen set up that way before. Are there 4 steppers on that
> > thing?
>
> No, only 3 steppers. X, Y, and Z on the knee.
>
> > Also there is some kind of aftermarket attachment.
The "wizard". Is
> > that some kind of rigid tapping system or toolchanger?
> > Interesting.
>
> The Wizard is an air powered drive for the spindle. While it may
look after
> market my understanding is that it was OEM. From what I know about
it
> (little) and what I can figure it is triggered by the controller
and it has
> a feed rate that is adjustable from the dial on you see in the
picture. The
> depth is controlled my the pins you see in front of the spindle. I
am
> considering scrapping the Wizard and replacing it with either a
motor and
> then I would use the knee in the conventional manner with the quill
being
> moved by the computer or making it just a manual quill and drive
the knee by
> the computer. Don't think I can see enough value in the air driven
Wizard to
> make it worth the effort to get it integrated into the new
controller. If
> someone knows more about it I am all ears.
>
> > I would also be very interested in the exact weight of that
series 2
> > if you know. A series 1 was 3900lbs with all the crating and
> > everything, according to the manual. My experience it weighs much
> > less than that.
>
> I have no idea on the weight. I told the truck line it was 7,000
lbs and
> they gave me a rate that probably would not have been any cheaper
if I said
> it was 4,000 lbs. They never told me any different.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]
>
> >
> > FAQ: http://www.ktmarketing.com/faq.html