Neat!

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My wife says that looks like a cell tower!

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I saw that one and someone asked about the ATC and they said only available with the purchase of the machine.

While I do think the machine is very nice, I think the bigger product is the ATC. Maybe itā€™s time to take a look at them see if we can make our own.

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A V1 ATCā€¦. Hell yeah!!! I fully support this message!!

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Great idea! Give the murder-bots dual rotating gatling endmills! What could possibly go wrong?!?

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So check this out. So simple it is crazy! For what i do with my cnc i do not need a super tight collet! Think someone here could do a prototype?? https://youtu.be/74N3TkCJ7iQ

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That is a two year old video, I have only just seen a few systems like that about to get released. I am very interested in itā€¦you need to have reverse though.

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Well, I was coming to say Marius Hornberger made one that didnā€™t require the spindle to go in reverse to drop the toolā€¦

but Discourse stopped me and said it was already posted in this threadā€¦

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Indeed. Itā€™s like dark magic ā€¦ LOL

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Well that ATC is off the shelf and really really expensive, and still requires the same spindle I think. There are three companies selling versions of the self threading versions that I have seen. I am interested for sure, but I am waiting for the spindle Barry showed me to come back in stock.

Speaking of spindlesā€¦I got news coming soon.

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I hope itā€™s stupendous glorious news. My new shop dogs are just waiting for a challengešŸ˜

Great. 3D printed spindles. Canā€™t wait to see the tolerances required for thatā€¦ Too bad the heat of FDM printing likely de-magnetizes any ferrous material. Could be interesting to print your magnets right into your models with some sort of MMU setup.

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You are always thinking creatively toward new, affordable options, and we appreciate that!

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There are a few BLDC spindles out there, made with all sorts of RC brushless motors
Usuakky they do require at least one mount milled in aluminium, rather than relying on a 3d printed support
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I noticed the date. First time i had seen it. Reverse is a challenge, but if there was a group to overcome challenges it is here!!!

Let me guess: You are going to include a pause in the gcode of the core, then the v1 spindle is going to be inserted and encased in your design. Then my v1 printer fails and I have to cut it out using my v1 circular saw, going to bed sadly into my v1 bed with sandified patterns.

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Geezā€¦ you forgot the V1 sanderā€¦ lol

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That machine must be bolted to that table. I also want to see it use that 3" facing mill. I canā€™t imagine it takes very deep cuts with such a large cutter.

First part of the video he uses a laser to ā€˜engraveā€™ directly onto cotton t-shirts??

Makes it look very easy to doā€¦

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