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Re: Acorn 5.3 uprgade from 4.8 help with Tool Touch Off! <resolved>
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:51 pm
by xmlsurfsx
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
Re: Acorn 5.3 uprgade from 4.8 help with Tool Touch Off! <resolved>
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 3:42 pm
by ShawnM
xmlsurfsx wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:51 pm
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
Setting up an ATC with the latest Acorn software is a piece of cake. The most time consuming parts is programming the tool locations. I tend to be over precise on the locations so it takes a little time to be exact.
Spindle recommendation? HSD all the way.
