Re: TTS good or bad?
Originally Posted by
Don Clement
Feelings aren’t facts! That's the real slow way to change tools and the way I did it on my Tormach and Rockwell mill before getting the PDB. Changing R8 tools is even slower before TTS. With the Rockwell manual mill before lubricating the outside of the 3/4" R8 collet, drawbar threads, and drawbar parts that held TTS tooling with Armite LP250 antisieze
LP-250 & LP-250F Anti-Seize Thread & Sealing Compound it was necessary to use a leather mallet on the drawbar to remove TTS tooling. Now lubricating with LP-250 the TTS tool just drops out after loosening the drawbar on my Rockwell mill. Also the Tormach with the PDB lubricating the Bellevue washers and all the sliding PBD parts with Armite LP-250 eliminated any tendency of TTS to pull out. BTW I will never go back to changing TTS tools manually without the PDB using the cave-man sluggishly slow drawbar again. YMMV.
Don Clement
I bought the PDB 3 years ago when I bought my machine and about 2 years ago I bit the bullet and installed a 3.5 HP Kaeser Screw Compressor on a 60 gallon tank. Now, I can stand right next to the compressor and carry on a norman conversation without having to raise my voice. My compressor is in the back corner of my garage and if you're standing by the big door, you almost can't hear it run. Yes, it was expensive (close to $4,000.00) but in my opinion, well worth the expense.
My new compressor comes on about once every 30 to 45 minutes and runs for about a minute and a half. The 2 HP Husky compressor I had before came on every 15 to 20 minutes and ran for 7 to 10 minutes depending on how much air I was using at the time. AND it was freaking noisy.
You can buy GOOD PARTS or you can buy CHEAP PARTS, but you can't buy GOOD CHEAP PARTS.