Digitizer program for mills

batwings@... wrote:

> PAbbott@... wrote:
> >> I am trying to design/build a digitiser - there aren't many
> >> affordable options here in Australia.
>
> Axis Wizard software will do digitizing under your 3-axis stepper CNC
> machine. See BelFab site, URL in tagline, for info on that and many many
> other features. Basically, your probe is same size and profile as your
> cutter, so there are no problems with working to different geometry. Probe
> is given a tool offset like any other, and set to work. Then a tool is
> placed in spindle instead of probe, brought to the same beginning point and
> the file of moves, made by digitizing routine, is run.
>
> Software is powerful, easy to use, and inexpensive. Manual and demo available.
>
> Regards,
> Hoyt
>
> Belfab CNC - http://www.freeyellow.com/members/belfab/belfab.html

I checked the website, Axis Wizard 2.53 is $245 per seat. It appears to
be based on the Ability Systems http://www.abilitysystems.com/
Indexer LPT library, and so will require a parallel port for every two
axes - ie 2 parallel ports for 3 axes.

Doug Fortune
http://www.cncKITS.com