[Fudd]

Does anyone have or know of plans for a home built barfeeder for a CNC lathe? I have a YAM CK-1 Chucker.

Thanks,

Scott

[Ztiggi]

taking up an old thread here....

i am also thinking about this,

what i was thinking about was a pneumatic cylinder that pushes the bar,
and use the turret to stop the movement in correct position.

i could use a thrust bearing on the cylinder and make it push all the time,
then maybe a long spring may do the job as well.

but the best would be to use a solenoid activated by M-code,
does anybody know if that's possible?
can i get a signal anywhere activated by an M-code?

[Geof]

Have a look in this Thread; I posted a couple of long descriptions with some pictures.

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=338094


Also this Thread about the user M functions, and the Thread I link from this one.

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50357


EDIT: The details about the user M are for Haas of course but the principles are the same on most machines.