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eloid
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Username: Eloid
Post Number: 4
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 07:55 pm: | 
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going to make my own
Prototype Tilt/Swivel Head for z axis.
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Gerald_D
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Username: Gerald_d
Post Number: 1089
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 08:06 pm: |
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What software do you plan to use with all those axes? |
fabrica
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Username: Daya
Post Number: 314
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2007 - 12:34 am: |
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Gerald, Will the Y car of the Mechmate be able to support a mechanism of this nature.
Shopbot too offers this tool to its customers. I did a search on their site but did not come up with much info. May be the key words I used were wrong. |
fabrica
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Username: Daya
Post Number: 315
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2007 - 12:39 am: |
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Gerald, Please follow the below given link, which most probably would asswer your earlier question.
http://www.rainnea.com/cnc_toolkit.htm |
Gerald_D
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Username: Gerald_d
Post Number: 1093
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2007 - 05:30 am: |
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It will support the weight. But the space will be a problem.
ShopBot have experimented with 5-axis. I don't believe that they sell it.
That link says CNC Toolkit is a
Multiaxis CNC / CAM extension for 3DS MAX, GMAX and Autodesk VIZ. The point is that software for 5-axis is not as simple as 3-axis - it jumps to a whole new level. |
Normand Blais
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Username: Normand
Post Number: 7
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2007 - 03:59 pm: |
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I use visualmill from www.mecsoft.com it suppose to do 5axes .I have not yet got to 4axe so I am not certain as to what kind of 5axes work it does |
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