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Tips/Techniques Power draw bar

Tips/Techniques

jcdammeyer

John
Premium Member
Ran across this series today andd thought that Mark did a very clever build.
@jcdammeyer
Thanks for the link.
Yes. Watched that way back when I started. But given my background in machine automation I really want a tool carousel and tool changer and that means the draw bar has to be computer controlled. The compressed spring disks for TTS tooling along with a pneumatic cylinder are workable but non-functional for removing R8 tools.
It's the mix that no one has addressed AFAIK.
And as you know I'm big on really deep rabbit holes with lots of side passages.
 

Xyphota

Ultra Member
I bought this power drawbar off ebay and it has worked really well. I had to machine some custom standoffs for it as the ones included didn’t work very well and were poorly made.

 
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