This is an ATC video demonstration of the Dust Boot under Masso Control. This is the latest Beta release that i am running under. It controls the tool tray in and out function as well as the raising and lowering of the boot. You will see a section where i was raising the boot as the program was running to inspect the cut. You can do this through the midi screen as your machining. This has mutiple tool changes and is unedited, so a little long. I also paused the program at one point to test if it would continue on. Pretty much a success. The dust boot is attached with magnets. This was the first test after assembly. So no
Ferrari look to it.
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That looks really awesome @Mrd well done.
Thanks Daniel, lots of moving parts, and logic headaches…
That does look awesome, move work Mike
Thanks Chris, and the Brake still holding with all the added weight
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That system looks incredible! What are you using to move your tools in to change and than back out of the way?
Double acting Pneumatic cylinder, its controlled by a Pneumatic relay, hard stop guarantees same position in the y axis. Tool clips are positioned along an aluminum extrusion, which are riding on hiwin blocks and rails. All components are secured with custom designed adaptors, printed on a Bambu printer. But a lot more went into this. Risers to raise the z axis up off the table. The dust boot is possible because I designed a new spindle clamp and printed it out of PLA. This was a temporary prototype to make sure it would all work. I am now in the process of having an aluminum spindle clamp machined to replace the PLA prototype, but I am amazed at the ability of the PLA to stand up to the forces of machining.
@Mrd do you have any plans to sell either your retractable tool holder and your dust boot or plans in the future?
Yes, if you read the previous post i guess you’re aware that this only works if your willing to swap out your spindle clamp.
I’m working out the Masso 5.07 logic now. As I’m pretty sure a lot of people will not want to jump into beta 5.100b.
I have no idea about the price at this time as I’m still working out bugs.
Thank you. @Mrd I’ve ordered the ATC for use with the Onefinity Foreman. I have been concerned with the loss of cutting area. This looks like it will be a very nice answer to this situation.
Exactly the reason I started down this path. I hated the thought of giving up that real estate behind the X axis.
That’s incredible… great solution and the forks will allow for larger diameter bits.
Only issue I see is that with the tool racks on the x axis, don’t you loose your ability to tile? I guess it’s a trade off between giving up x axis cutting width (by having the racks along the y axis) vs giving up tiling capability?
I went with the magnetic tool rack mounts from PWN, along the Y axis… that way if for some reason I need the full width capacity for a project I can just pop them off and do manual tool changes.
I’m mounted on a concrete wall, so tiling was never an option for me…
Gottcha… couldn’t tell that from the video! I have my table against a concrete block wall… but it’s on wheels so I can roll it out if I ever need to tile. Of course, I’m probably wasting my time worrying about it because I will never need to tile… LOL. I also wanted to mention I love the vertical drag chain for the Z slider… been waiting for Ugly Dog / PWN or someone to come out with something like that.
There’s 2 ways to look at it, along the y axis you’ll lose at least 1 inch (on extreme edge) but in my case 3 for each static rack. The other way, with the retractable system, you’ll only need to have passing clearance for the machine when it’s retracted (since extended is a non-factor), but that’s it. What that is? i don’t know, but if you measure from the center of the mount to the edge it’s probably 2-3", so that much clearance is what you have without losing x travel capability.
Then if you do it on the right side, you can setup a soft limit area, and it won’t go outside your working envelope, until a tool change is needed