Acorn 5.3 uprgade from 4.8 help with Tool Touch Off! <resolved>

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Re: Acorn 5.3 uprgade from 4.8 help with Tool Touch Off! <resolved>

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ShawnM wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 4:33 pm
A rack mount ATC is a piece of cake with the new software. What ATC spindle do you have?
I don't have an ATC spindle yet, I was waiting for a manageable software approach before doing the upgrade.

I will want a spindle in the 6 hp range as that's what my current spindle is now and I like it!
It's and HSD and it does a great job
The gantry only has 8" of clearance on this machine so I plan to do some more research to find the most compact setup
Any recommendations?

I also have own production cnc that has 14" clearance so I'm aware of the limitations on the smaller machine.
But I use the smaller machine often largely because the acorn controller is just easy and simple to get moving


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