Prototyping and testing a 14-position, 3D printed "pocket" tool rack for my CNCDepot S30C ATC spindle. The system is modular and holds 12 tools, a probe and a 3" facemill that I plan to use a single-point flycutter. The rack sits at the back of my Avid CNC Benchtop Pro 2x3 cnc router.

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The current iteration of the rack is probably about 80% complete... there are some bugs to work out, but it's reliable enough to start using. Lua modules and macros control the tool replacement, M6 tool change and probing routines in Mach 4. The probing reuses the mcAutoTool probing module that comes with Mach (with a few tweaks).

My probe is the "TS" tool setter from Vers.by (http://vers.by, no affiliation, just a happy customer). It uses the same mechanism as their spindle probe, so it can find offsets for both height and diameter.

I am already working on a second version that should be more reliable and sturdy, but the 3D printed version will be a nice step forward.