[wizard]

I completely understand your point of view with respect to an air compressor. I think the key here is flexibility, many of us do have air compressors and I would imagine as many of us don't want the bother. Ideally the spindle would be easy to actuate anyway that the user might implement.

It is my interpetation that the spindles in question do not require outside energy to hold the collet/arbor in place. The holding being done by the springs. If so many of us would not be using much air at all.

What I'd like to see is an implementation targetted at a specific mills spindle. Say an X3 or something a bit more substantial. The goal being maxiumum reuse of existing hardware due to the fact that I'm cheap. Or more exactly don't have the $$$ to throw at this. Done right I could see somebody making a nice income with the right conversion kit.

As to Turkey I have a few friends at work that are from there. Of course they try to get me to travel and see the country, which would be nice, but that gets harder every year. It is really a shame that we can not think like 45 year olds when we are in our 20's and healthy.

Thanks
Dave

Originally Posted by h3ndrix Thx for all the replies Wizard, Your wishes have already come true as what I have been working on includes smaller collets I have thought about the idea of an air cylinder, as mentioned in my older thread, but the reason I didnt go with air is its potential availability to everyone who owns a DIY CNC. I for one will use my CNC indoors and not in a shop or a garage, etc. thus, I do not want a compressor going while trying to concentrate on something The electric actuator works with 24 volts and has enough power to push 5000N for a short period, which is all I really need. This also makes it usable by a simple relay, controlled by most common drivers made, like the rutex, lets say. .