Quote Originally Posted by hiiesalu View Post
Yes to be a bar feeder it needs a pusher and that can be added...
A 12' bar sticks out about 9' from the end of the machine and a 12' pusher is needed to push this bar full length; therefore you need somewhere around 24' past the end of the machine to fit all this in. You cannot bring the pusher in until the machine has stopped and cannot restart the machine until it has been retracted so pushing is going to be very slow.

I will agree that this is an innovative approach but having had experience with barfeeders that could handle 12' bars on manual machines and smaller feeders on CNC machines that can advance the bar with the spindle running I am dubious about the practicality and potential market size.