it's been long road but nearly there.

Thank you for the comment. Yes we are hoping some will come on board.

Thank you we appreciate that!

A complete magazine with dust cover is $480.00 You can get the basic block with 3D models and a parts list to DIY the dust cover and tool sensor for $240.00.

There is no stop the tool is either held in the collet by friction or for loose fitting bits I use a thin ring of wire heat shrink to keep it from falling through. In fact The magazine will accommodate a tool stick out of 19mm or 3/4" any stick out beyond that would need a clearance pocket under the magazine. On my machines I can accommodate about a 2" stick out as the clearance holes pass through the bed.

Well every solution is simply trade offs. I have given this some thought but at this stage it's not high on the priority list as it would add a lot of cost and complexity. I periodically clean the collets and nuts which I have always had to do but now I save tremendous amounts of time not messing with wrenches. I imagine that we will develop a method of dealing with it at some point.

Thanks for the qustiona nd comment. It does work with Mach3 yes.

Ah, seems I have an A11 controller, next one down from the A18. Will it still work?

You need a ATC spindle what you have will not work

If you can control your spindle speed it will be compatible. The RapidChange ATC does run off gcode, depending on what controller software you're using we may have an integration for it.

Yes we are working on the scripts now.

We just wrapped up the plugin for UCCNC! Fully Integrated now.

well, I cut a lot of plastics and aluminum and haven't had a problem with it. the dust cover doesn't open until the spindle is over the pocket. I suppose if you noticed that this was happening you would have to include a pause in the program to clean it up. Either way it beats wrenches!

@@RapidChangeATC I work with mostly wood and I have a dust boot on my machine that gets full of chips as well and I foresee a problem with dust getting in. If you could make a module that would blow some compressed air from the bottom (through the collet) of one or all the ports as the spindle drops I'd think it could work. Until then, I'm not sold on the idea for my wood shop. Very neat concept though! 👍

@@keonfrey5560 Thank you for the comment!. I have a lot of improvements planned and that one is well worth looking into further!

Yes! Most if not all ATCs have through spindle pneumatics to blow through the taper as the spindle drops down to blow any contaminants away. Might be a bit tricky with the collet grooves allowing so many cracks for something to get into but if you blow air up through them it might essentially create a force field around the collet and nut to prevent anything from getting in in the first place. Just a thought. I'd like to see some experimentation with that!

@@RapidChangeATC Personally I would not want that additional cost. I work only with wood and invested in a decent dust / chip extraction unit with a brush shoe fitted around the cutter. I would be a bit concerned that the bristles on the shoe could catch one of the other tool bits and drag it out or snag on something. Have you tested against that?

Unfortunately not out of the box. There are a few problems: the controller does not allow counter-clockwise rotation and speed can not be controlled to spin at lower rpm. Their system does not have any way to write macros. Finally the spindle is servo driven and the impact stall to the spindle will cause the servo to power down, which would required some programming to immediately reset after the stall or possibly setting it to handle the short stall and not power down so it can make the second tap which completes the torque to the clamping nut.We will be looking into servo driven spindles in the future. So at the moment the spindle and motion controller would have to be replaced. We are interested in finding a solution for the MR-1 users as we have gotten a lot of interest from them. But as far as the motion controller goes there is nothing we can do about that as it is a closed system. We would love to work with them to find a solution but as this is so new it will need time to be more widely validated in the field.

Thanks for the question! About 12-15 ft lbs depending ont eh spindle and ER collet size

2.2kw spindle 24000 rpm --> 0.88Nm = 0.649088 ft-lb To tighten to manufacturer recommended torque - plunge into a hexagonal hole at 24000 rpm. To loosen - plunge into a hexagonal hole at 24000 rpm in reverse.

@@linuscarlsson7978 BTW 24000 RPM would be disatrous about 1500 RPM is about right.

@@linuscarlsson7978 The torque rating of the spindle has nothing to do with torquing the clamping nut using this process. What is creating the torque to the clamping nut is the sudden stop of the nut while the spindle want to keep spinning through the stop. The force of the spinning mass creates the clamping torque. In other words if you pulled your car up to a wall when the bumper it touching the wall and hit the gas your tires would spin. Back up 50 feet and hit the gas and your car will penetrate the wall. It's all about mass moving and hitting a stop.

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