RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CAD experiment entry

Ron,
I think Bill was suggesting using the lathe+live tooling approach that Tim mentioned, but feeding rectangular stock into the lathe rather than round stock.

For that matter, I don't see any reason why a milling machine could not have an automatic bar feeder.

-Kevin Martin

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From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Thompson

I'll venture a guess and say because milling machines don't have automatic bar feeders. [...]


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From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William Thomas

Tim, why don't you use a set of custom soft jaws and machine the nuts out of rectangle bars?[...]


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From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of timgoldstein
[...]
I reality we do it in the lathe with live tooling from a round bar. All the steps up through 8 are the same. Step 9 would be part off at the proper flange thickness and step 10 would be automatic bar pull and repeat.[...]