I recently put an ISO20 24000 RPM spindle on my Tormach.
I needed the RPM and the 80mm spindle bolted right up to tormach high speed spindle mount.

I was thinking about adapting tormachs tool changer, but with the mount for the 80 mm spindle ring being 120mm in diameter I think I could have only gotten
10 or so tools and I'd have to hack the TC firmware.

So I'm trying a different approach...
A Robot arm.
I'm going to install it behind the mill table on the left side...
It will pull tools from the rack of tools and stick it in/out of the spindle.
I have all the geometry worked out in cad.
I'm going to put a sliding window between the robot and the mill to keep chips etc off...

So as step 1 I built a tool rack and programmed the robot to pick up tools...
Here is a video of it cycling through all 15 tool positions in a test...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/rSJX4YTC5q3eW8Ju5