using a cart

[Homer-Jay]

I"ve been hearing that it is advantagious to have a rolling cart to mount my romer to, so i can wheel it up the the cnc machine and verify distances while the work piece is still fixured into the machine. is this correct?

[Admin]

Interesting theory, but the cart would have to be VERY stable.

[Homer-Jay]

i've heard of carts that you can step on a foot pedal or something, and the wheels come up and legs go down. i think romer makes something like this. also i know of one machine shop that does this, and it seems to work for them. i'll do some searching on-line

[Jeff]

I know that Faro has a cart but I have never used on. http://www.faro.com/adobe_pdf_mgr.aspx?item=958&pdfTitle=FARO_Gage_Catalog_pdf You can also use a brunson stand. http://us.romer.com/products/products-catalog/category/2/brunson-stands Good luck! Jeff

[jrayself]

My method of choice is using a mag-base right on the machine's table.  Stable as it's ever gonna get.

[Homer-Jay]

that would provide the most stable surface. we havn't taken delivery of our cnc machines yet, but when we get them i'll formulate my plan of attack