Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]doodling with ideas

Yes Peter,,,,,, your right, what's in a name? I have never seen a four (or more) axis mill in operation but I sure as H can
visualize it. I don't own a CNC lathe so wherever possible I chuck up what complex turning I get , on my cnc mill and, as I say, if
possible, I turn it in the mill with the cutter usually mounted in the vise.

Bill D

ptengin@... wrote:

> In a message dated Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:51:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> BillDarby <ddarby@...> writes:
>
> << Thanks Joe
>
> Now, if I dismiss any notion of "high RPM" I can visualize a tool
> post moving back and forth in sync with the normal spindle
> (non moving [not precluding the rotation of the spindle]) computer controlled
> to to trace the desired path on the part, over and over as
> the carriage feeds along the bed. Power tooling would be needed for shapes
> which preclude the use of the standard cutter and careful
> speed control of spindle rotation would have to be programmed in at abrupt
> changes in direction.
>
> Bill Darby
>
> Bill,
>
> I thin what you are visualizing is a CNC mill turning a part with a 4th
> axis rotary table and tail stock.
>
> Peter
> THRD, Inc.
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