Re: Auto Tool Changers - EMCO Rotary Table

Brian,

This sounds like a cool tool. Do you know what brand/model it is?
Westec is coming up, and I'd like to search it out.

I'm designing a small 5C spindle slantbed cnc lathe for plans/kit
sales; and it might be nice to see if this could be incorporated.

Thank you in advance,

Ballendo

P.S. For John, in the UK: I've already included the emco-style turret.
So your wish of having the step by step for this will be coming true.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Brian Pitt <bfp@e...> wrote:
> Bill ,Alan
>
> one other unplanned feature you get using a rotary table on the
cross slide
> is that you can still program it as a rotary table and not just as
an indexer
>
> I've seen one of the new machining centers use this on one of the
slides to
> poke a curved boring bar into a small starting hole and use the
combination
> of X,Z and the rotary axis motion to bore the ID to a much greater
size than
> would normally be possible using a standard bar and X,Z alone
> (sorta like hollowing out a bowling ball thru the thumb hole)
>
> Brian