Eric U
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2003
- Location
- Eastern AL
All,
I've got the factory air blow option on my VF2 that I really like when machining steel. I've also got a 4th axis rotary table. Problem is when machining something close to the top of my center vise on the table, the air blow setup hits the rotary table. Anyone found a fix for this? Move the air blow to another location?
As it stands right now, I remove the air cylinder and lines for the air blow when I have the rotary on the table and install when required. Even when removed, if I get too close to the bed with the spindle, the empty mounting bracket can hit the rotary if I'm not careful. I've thought of cutting the bracket off and mounting the air blow some other way, but nothing is coming to mind yet. Maybe just a lock-line instead of the magic expanding air cylinder...but mounted in a better location. I also wouldn't mind having the air blow pointing in some other direction so chips are less likely to get into my tool carousel.
Any good solutions out there?
Thanks,
Eric U
I've got the factory air blow option on my VF2 that I really like when machining steel. I've also got a 4th axis rotary table. Problem is when machining something close to the top of my center vise on the table, the air blow setup hits the rotary table. Anyone found a fix for this? Move the air blow to another location?
As it stands right now, I remove the air cylinder and lines for the air blow when I have the rotary on the table and install when required. Even when removed, if I get too close to the bed with the spindle, the empty mounting bracket can hit the rotary if I'm not careful. I've thought of cutting the bracket off and mounting the air blow some other way, but nothing is coming to mind yet. Maybe just a lock-line instead of the magic expanding air cylinder...but mounted in a better location. I also wouldn't mind having the air blow pointing in some other direction so chips are less likely to get into my tool carousel.
Any good solutions out there?
Thanks,
Eric U