> ... Just trying to get my head around why do you want to do totally > independent movement of axes? > > If it is an intellectual exercise, that I can go with. I just don't > see the practical need. > > thanks for helping me understand, ... Jack > >
here is one setup, a lathe with two Z axes (Z & W say) both might have a X also on top (X & U) see my superslant retrofit. this has two Z axes 1 X axis (they also made them in 4 axes + power tooling +C axes with both axes sets controled independent not bad for 1985) now you might wan to use the two Z axes together or maybe u want to get fancy, drill a hole in the bar, and turn the outside profile or maybe even work on two chucks in the same lathe so Z & X work on the front spindle W & U work on the rear spindle, (but then i would say u realy want to use two EMC controls here talking to each other etc) theres a few more i can think off also. sliding head lathe could also be a different setup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
