Non CNC but still Swiss question

[nelZ]

Hi,

I want to make a small part with cross holes. Does anybody know if the old cam driven swisses could do such a thing? I just want to make thousands of little spindles with cross holes in them, max. dia. of .150 Inch.

If anybody has a simple small working swiss, CNC or not that can do this, maybe sell it to me and get one with more bells and whistles you may need.

Thanks in advance!

[txcncman]

I used to run a Hardinge manual that was retrofitted to CNC that had live tooling attached in the form of air motors. So, yes, somewhere out there is a small machine that will do what you want.

[MikeMc]

Get a hold of Paul Huber at Comex, he has what you need.

About COMEX - COMEX - Continental Machinery Exchange Corp.

[nelZ]

Thanks for the Clue!

I sent him a print.....we'll see what happens

Do you run cam type automatics?

Nelson

[MikeMc]

I ran cam machines years ago, but we are all CNC now.

[nelZ]

Thanks again for the clue Mike. I spoke with Paul and shared the print of what we need made. He doesn't recommend cam, go for CNC but I'm afraid we don't have the budget for that...60-100k...payback would be a bit long.

Nelson

[txcncman]

Here is a link for the live tooling in mentioned.

You are browsing a website link from smsmachine.com

[hacdlux]

how long is the shaft?

if all you need is a cross hole and cutoff
you could pick up any gang tool lathe
my second cnc was supposed to be 40k with the feeder and i had several options (btw i ended up getting an ss32)

look up cubic cnc theyre gt mini is in the low 30s or an old omniturn

[nelZ]

.150 diameter spindle .75 inch long with .072 ends .046 cross holes at 90 degrees

Thanks!

Like this....disregard the underlines - the X's are the shape of the part


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