My milling machine has a (manual) swivelling head but no quill. I have long fancied the idea of setting up a pseudo-quill.
My idea is to add C and W axes, where C has to be jogged to suit the actual angle head is set to, and then moves in W will be coordinated moves in X and Z. Has anyone used a machine with a B axis and has practical tips about what it is like in practice? I imagine that tool lengths need to be set up to be from the pivot point, and that to get the correct behavior the W G-code or jogged value would be added to the tool length? I don't think I am ready to think about the existing A axis in this scheme yet. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
