Automatic toolchanger on Denford Easimill 3

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Automatic toolchanger on Denford Easimill 3

Post by vandal968 » Thu 30 May , 2013 23:56 pm

I've been building an automatic toolchanger for my Easimill 3. It changed it's first tool yesterday under human control, I still need to write a macro so that it can be done by the computer. Here's a video if anyone's interested.

http://coreyrenner.tumblr.com/post/5174 ... rawbar-are

My general blog is here, which is mostly about the Easimill.

http://coreyrenner.tumblr.com/

cheers,
c

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Re: Automatic toolchanger on Denford Easimill 3

Post by vandal968 » Mon 24 Jun , 2013 3:57 am

ATC is finished and working. Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xvxwUqdcWg

cheers,
c

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Re: Automatic toolchanger on Denford Easimill 3

Post by Denford Admin » Mon 24 Jun , 2013 9:24 am

Great work :D Bet that beer went down well!

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Re: Automatic toolchanger on Denford Easimill 3

Post by vandal968 » Mon 01 Jul , 2013 3:35 am

Indeed it did :)

I've turned my attention to the pendant, I relocated the switches since the ATC was blocking them. The new panel is made of .080 aluminum (same as the old one), but is powder-coated rather than having a decal on it. I was just about to start tracing the Denford logo so I could have one cut from vinyl, when it occurred to me that maybe I could get a couple of Denford stickers from the factory. I like all of my stuff to look oem, and that would really jazz it up. Got anything like that?

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Re: Automatic toolchanger on Denford Easimill 3

Post by vandal968 » Fri 19 Jul , 2013 19:51 pm

It's been a few weeks and no stickers (or even a reply) from Denford UK, or my local Denford rep in AZ, USA. Oh well, if I can't get factory stickers, I guess I'll just have to reproduce the 1980's vintage logo myself. I scanned the mill's original panel on my flatbed scanner, then brought it into AutoCAD LT for tracing. I had a few cut out of vinyl and applied one to the pendant on the Easimill. I stuck one on my Orac too for good measure. They came out really nice.

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Re: Automatic toolchanger on Denford Easimill 3

Post by maxporter » Tue 02 Feb , 2016 2:43 am

Corey,
Your ATC for your mill looks great. Would you share the macro?

Max Porter

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