Recent content by lsteele

The tools are clamped into place by those pieces with the two holes. Each one has a 5deg slope on one side, and the toolplate has a 5 deg slope on the matching side. Two socket head screws go into the holes, and when you tighten them they clamp the tool in place.

Hi Emgee, A belated reply to your post - yes, I built one this summer. I changed the design a bit but it's the same basic idea. Take a look at the attached pics. It's not finished yet unfortunately - thanks to rushing there's an alignment issue with the plate which holds the motor. I may have...

Hi Emgee, Thanks for all the pictures and info - it's all very helpful. I'm just wondering if you know how different the tool plate design you've used is from the original Orac toolchanger? Basically I just want to build something which will be as versatile as possible. And obviously being...

Hi Emgee, Great, thanks. Yes, I'm in the UK - London. Do you have the drawings for the body that houses the bearings etc? What kind of bearings did you use? Is there any chance you could upload a zip file with the original CAD models? (zip files are permitted as attachments apparently)...

Hi Emgee, Actually I have an Orac too - correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that's what you're using this on? The drawings or anything else you have would be great. Was the tool changer in the drawings you posted designed for a standard Emco compact 8? I'm just wondering if you have...

Hi Xpylonracer, It looks like you've modified the tool changer from the original drawings. Do you have drawings or better still CAD models for your version? Thanks, Luke