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  1. 11-24-2008, 11:23 PM #1
    peter@slater
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    Live Centers

    Slater Tools makes retractable live centers with inter-changeable tips. I know these are most often successfully used on screw machines, but has anyone used them on a CNC machine? If so, could you tell me why and how it worked out?
    If not, what kind of centers have you used on a CNC?
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  2. 11-26-2008, 06:25 PM #2
    ALLtra Mach
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    I've always been told never to use a spring center in a cnc, but never a good reason why. You'll still have the same load.
    I hate deburring.....
    Lets go (insert favorite hobby here)
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  3. 11-26-2008, 09:21 PM #3
    peter@slater
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    Changeable points

    ALLtra, thanks for the input. I'm also curious if any of your centers have changeable tips or points, and how valueable these are to you/everyone? The center below is spring loaded, but also has interchangeable points.
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  4. 11-26-2008, 09:44 PM #4
    ALLtra Mach
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    No, no changeable tips, but our machine has a live tailstock so any dead center is live....
    I use Royal dead centers.
    I hate deburring.....
    Lets go (insert favorite hobby here)
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  5. 11-26-2008, 10:18 PM #5
    JWB_Machining
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    I use a live center on my CNC but it's a TL-1 so probably not like your machine at all. Although while we're on the topic what applications are dead centers used in?
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