[QUOTE=Charleston]I have a full blown transfer machine in my shop. Just load the blanks in the hopper and they feed to the turning station. The newly turned blank is moved via SPM (small parts manipulator) to the through drill station. Upon completion of through drilling the SPM hands it off to drilling center #2 where perfectly aligned belly hook holes are done along with eye holes. At this point the blanks go through the end cutting step where the square ends are removed and the plug ends are cleaned and sanded. At the final step the blanks slide down a chute into the sealing tank...QUOTE]
I had one of those, but Tagger made me get rid of it cause it would not hydro-orient the blanks
Jigman
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