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Works great! It’s on the lathe 90% of the time.

The only regret was not purchasing the 3J collet size. With 3J, one can go up a few more sizes to the spindle ID. Everything else I have has a 5C...

I had a look at the Grippall. Very cool!

I went with the Royal because the Tormach Slant-Pro only has 2 outputs. One for coolant and the other for the collet chuck. And I found a good deal on...

I use a Royal parting tool-bar puller combination tool. Works great. I adjust it to the bar diameter and it pulls where it's parted, then pulls to 0, plus the width of the parting tool. It's...

Thanks Andy!

Great thought Dave, I'll look in the folder to see if anything is there. While the mill is running tonight, I'll try to break out of the operators screen and see what operating system is behind it.
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Yeah that's typical M code for several controls. But Tormach uses something else. Every time I have a minute, I try a few more. I'm past M100......

M8/9 are the coolant on and off.

Ah, Ok Don,...

tmarks11,

I took the leap. I know it will pay for itself. The Tormach manual lever closer is $1,000. The Royal is $2,600. I figured for a couple hundred more, might as well get something with...

Don,

I saw your closer and modifications on another thread. I decided on the Atlas because it also is a D1-4 mount, but the biggest reason for the Atlas is the dead length function. It already has...

The Tormach has (2) 120V controlled outlets in the back of the control cabinet. One is for the coolant pump and one is for the collet closer. There's a button on the screen, for each, to toggle them...

I just bought one of these for my 15L:

Atlas 5C Air Powered Collet Chucks/Fixtures - ROVI Products Inc. - Machine Tool Manufacturing

It's amazing! Leaves the spindle clear, and the dead length...