If you had a machine with conventional XYZ and a radial cutter motion too. (For example a HBM like my dad's) https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lorjlRbUi9B2VQy0Cd0KcNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
If that was CNC you could bore spherical cavities and external radii. I guess that the radial slide on the chuck would be a U axis (then a V axis then a U axis...). LinuxCNC can't do G2 G3 in the ZU plane. So how would you set up such a machine? I guess you could make cartesian moves in VYZ and curves in XZ? Would this be the method of choice? Viewing the machine as in inverted lathe rather than a milling machine this nomenclature makes an amount of sense. Is the inability to do curves in anything but the XY YZ and XZ planes deeply hard-coded, or would it be a trivial modification to add? (XY, XZ, XU, XV, XW, YZ, YU, YV, YW, ZU, ZV, ZW, UV, UW, VW is rather more planes than fit comfortably) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Central: Instant, anywhere, Remote PC access and management. Stay in control, update software, and manage PCs from one command center Diagnose problems and improve visibility into emerging IT issues Automate, monitor and manage. Do more in less time with Central http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein12331_d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
