Originally Posted by
handlewanker
Hi, at the price you mentioned, I think I'll pawn the family jewels, but at my age they're pretty well worn...LOL
BTW, will there be any other spindle tool holder options available??
It would be good if it could come with an ER40 spindle end, or ER32 at least, so that with a 1"or 25mm collet (ER40) or a 19mm or 3/4" (ER32) you can do a QCT method by having 1"or 3/4" plain shank tool holders (like Tormach TTS) with tools already mounted and still not be sticking too far out of the spindle end.
I realise the spindle with an ER end and cutter direct in the spindle is the most ridgid set-up, but as the cutting forces are going to be small, I think a plain shank tool chuck in an ER40 or 32 spindle will be OK.....you only lose approx 25mm of Z travel but gain the enormous versatility of being able to have a QCT set-up.......for me, ATC is not considered to be as important as QCT with this build.
I have an ER32 chuck on my Ajax mill and am contemplating adding some smaller 20mm plain shank chucks to give me a QCT capability.
The ER32 chuck I am using has a hole all the way through the body, so to give a depth stop control to plain spindle mounting I intend to locktite in a hardened steel button behind the collet for the plain shanks to butt up against as the TTS method (against the spindle face) cannot be used against the face of the ER nut.
What kind of shipping charges would you expect to have to Australia at present?
Ian.