Tool changing with endmill holders | | I run a taig cnc mill, and I am looking at getting several endmill holders to keep endmills set in. I need something where I can do tool changes and keep a common Z depth, or at least a predictable one which I can tell my program to move to. I have searched to no end for a sort of snap in, quick tool change set up that could work on a taig mill, but have had no luck.
I then looked at endmill holders for this purpose, and they seem to be the only option I can find.
So my question is, first does this even work? can I keep a predictable tool depth when switching holders with ends mounted in them?
and second, does anyone know of a better solution. If i'm spending $15 a piece for these for every tool I use regularly, it would be good to have them work for this purpose.
I know I havent been able to find anything out there on this, but I cant be the only one with this problem.
Thanks, any help is appreciated. |