I would make the controlled axis the A axis giving you full control of the angle the chuck is on your Z, then any amount of maths can be applied between the 4 axis to get your ornamental work
Dave Caroline ps I saw a working Holtzapfel for the first time this last Friday ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
