DIY Optical tool setter for a Haas lathe

Here is my home made optical tool setter for my Haas TL-2 lathe. The camera (CCD) has a magnification of 400. Moves of 1 µm can be seen on the screen. Repeatability is about 0.01 mm.
Also demonstrated, repeatability of a Multifix (size B) QCTP.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• optical
• tool
• setter
• Haas
• TL-2
• lathe
• Multifix
• QCTP

[thegamer589]

thats a cool idea for fixing could you not use magnets ?

[MuellerNick]

@thegamer589

Well, magnets would be attractive too. At least for the chips. ;-)

[MathIndy]

Where did you find the 400X CCD camera? Was it expensive? What is the camera model number?

[MuellerNick]

@MathIndy

I bought it used from a friend. But still it wasn't really cheap.

You could use some USB-microscope, but I simply didn't want to boot a computer to get a display. Also, I didn't want optics with variable magnification.

You already should be happy with a 200 * magnification.

[archimedesCNC]

+1 !!!

extremely elegant solution & application of its efforts.

thanks for posting this Nick.

BTW - when did you purchase this Hass ?? what are its results ?

[MuellerNick]

@archimedesCNC I bought it a few months ago. A company went belly-up and it was sold by the liquidator. They couldn't even answer how many spindle hours it had. So I got it very cheap. In the end, she had 56 hours cutting time. :-)))

I'm quite happy with it. It's not the best lathe on the planet, but for me it is a perfect match. I'll make a few modifications of the enclosure and then I'm happy.

[cdnpencil]

This is a helpful video. Thank you.

[Pip2andahalf]

Very nice! Love your bolt-on design.

[thegamer589]

@thegamer589 now that i think about it that would ne a bit of a problam lol :D

[MathIndy]

Where did you find the 400X CCD camera? Was it expensive? What is the camera model number?

[MrToolTalk]

Highly resourceful solution to a problem. Nice Going.