Thanks, Guys.
I had not seen that video. That is pretty cool. Similar to what I had in mind, but a lot less complicated. It does have some drawbacks. How is that vice operated? Is that a screw type cylinder? How would I open it for other parts if not? Blank holder would have to be off the table too. It needs to hold more parts than that for some parts. That is easy enough to figure out though.
Table real estate, but if I have my parts automated, I would no longer need twin double vises like I use now. If it is working all by itself like the lathe does, then a single part at a time would work fine. A shield of some kind could be used to protect the blanks. Even incorporate an air blast on the clamp for before and after on the vise jaws as well as before pickup. The finished parts could just get dropped on a ramp that would direct them into the chip pan.
That would operate much faster on the Pulsar as well. I think mine is set about 300 IPM now.
Now just need the ATC and PDB.
I have been looking for an arduino project to start with and that was one of the reasons I though about the robot arms. I need to become more familiar with Arduino. I would like to use Arduino to finish my spring winder machine, but I am just not familiar enough with how they are programmed and manipulated. A little kit would be helpful there I think as well as provide some experience a bit latter for our Grand daughter. She is 19 months old and operates our Ipad better than we do.