bt35 collet chucks for denford triac

[m_c]

Yes, I'm using KMotion.

I never bothered with alignment, as my machine is a later one without the locating dogs.
I do have the spindle servo index pulse connected to the KFlop, so if I did want to implement alignment, it would only involve a couple extra lines of code to rotate the spindle to the required position.

[andy_con]

i went to southern engineering 2017 and spoke to some of the stalls selling tool holders, two did say they still had the moulds for bt35, but the demand just wasnt there

[battwell]

was just wondering - anyone think it would be possible to machine a conversion sleeve to go in the spindle- bt35 to iso30?
iso 30 collet chucks are rediculously cheap now . i have around 150 for my routers!
if i can find the exact dimensions i might get one of the chinese engineering companies that keep saying how good they are to knock up 10. thoughts?

[m_c]

It would probably be easier, and far more reliable, to just buy a new spindle from Denford.

IIRC they're still using the same spindle in their new machines, so it would just be a case of swapping the main spindle, along with any other bits that differ. Then of course you have the problem of converting the ATC.
I'm sure a post on the denford forum would give a definitive answer.

[andy_con]

It would probably be easier, and far more reliable, to just buy a new spindle from Denford.

IIRC they're still using the same spindle in their new machines, so it would just be a case of swapping the main spindle, along with any other bits that differ. Then of course you have the problem of converting the ATC.
I'm sure a post on the denford forum would give a definitive answer.

I have a full cad design to turn a standard 6 station ATC disk into an 8 or 10 station disk

[m_c]

I have a full cad design to turn a standard 6 station ATC disk into an 8 or 10 station disk

Isn't the 8 tool disc CAD available on the denford forum?
It's certainly not as big a problem as the spindle.

[andy_con]

Isn't the 8 tool disc CAD available on the denford forum?
It's certainly not as big a problem as the spindle.

No idea, but this is my own design. So it uses a stepper motor to speed up tool changes