Re: 4-axis control

Fred,

How about a 3 axis mill with a rotary table on it? I would mount the
rotary so that it's axis was parallel to the X axis of the mill's table.

Thanks,
Dan Falck

At 01:25 PM 10/12/1999 , you wrote:

>From: Fred Proctor <proctor@...>
>
>EMC folks,
>
>I'm working on 4-axis control for EMC. We are finishing up a version of
>the G code interpreter that is configurable for variations of XYZABC. I
>need to fix the motion planner to handle orientation control. This is
>what will take the most time. The stepper motor interface can handle 6
>axes (this is what I used for the hexapod) so that's done. Servos
>already handle up to 8 axes.
>
>For those of you who want four (or five) axes, what are your
>configurations?
>
>--Fred