Sorry for that, i'm not used to the mailing list. The subject was about using a servo to control the spindle and when required use it as a C axis, both things with the same motor.
Regards. 2010/5/6 Dale J. Chatham <d...@chatham.org> > Always a good idea when changing the subject to change the subject :) > > I'm a bit curious about where this thread goes... > > On 05/05/2010 09:34 PM, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote: > > Very much an outsider on this subject, but i recall recently a link here > or > > on another forum in which someone was using a lathe as the C axis with a > > milling head on the X axis instead of traditional lathe tooling. The X > axis > > was very fast and would follow a programmed profile coordinated with the > C > > axis allowing lobe to nearly polygonal shapes. THere was supposedly > > improved tooling life associated with the scheme as well. > > > > I could be all wet as well on this.... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > -- > Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. > Let us not make it a blank paper by construction." > > --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Wilson Nicholas, 1803 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users