re:Re: wire cutting edm

Rich D wrote:

>diazden,
>The very thing I have my brain cooking up! At least a 2 axis unit,
>at first. From what I understand this would be<snip>
>>diazden wrote:
>>now there is another subject has anyone on this list made a
>>successful cnc edm wire cutter?
>>regards mariano

Rich, Mariano,

Check out the R/C aircraft CNC "foamcutters" (wing cores of
styrofoam, cut with a hot wire). They are controlling a 'wire' in the
4 axis ways an EDM will need to. They don't have to re-thread, and
their wire doesn't "feed", but the machanics and control issues are
otherwise similar.

Find them under hot-wire CNC foam cutting. Neil Gillies (cced member)
is one such person to get in touch with.

Hope this helps.

Ballendo

P.S. I'd be interested in understanding how wire EDM "re-threading"
is done? Pics, links, descriptions?