crossthread82
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- Joined
- Apr 1, 2022
- Location
- Maryland
Hey all I have what some are probably going to say is a stupid question but I'm going to ask anyway so flame away lol.
I'm looking at two different brands of bt30 machines (Brother and DMG) and plan on getting both, one uses the 60 degree studs and the other uses the 45 degree studs. I know in a perfect world you'd use the correct studs in each machine however with us being a job shop/prototype shop holders get swapped around a lot and I know one of our guys is bound to mix them up. And quite honestly I don't want to have to try and keep these same but different holders separated.
I've heard of people running 45 degree studs in machines that call for 60 degree with no issues but not sure how good of an idea that is? Experience doing this? Opinions?
Is it possible to switch the gripper in one of the machines so they both use the same studs?
I'm looking at two different brands of bt30 machines (Brother and DMG) and plan on getting both, one uses the 60 degree studs and the other uses the 45 degree studs. I know in a perfect world you'd use the correct studs in each machine however with us being a job shop/prototype shop holders get swapped around a lot and I know one of our guys is bound to mix them up. And quite honestly I don't want to have to try and keep these same but different holders separated.
I've heard of people running 45 degree studs in machines that call for 60 degree with no issues but not sure how good of an idea that is? Experience doing this? Opinions?
Is it possible to switch the gripper in one of the machines so they both use the same studs?