Re: Digest Number 1837

hexapod??? what kind of angles can you swing on your 4th and 5th axis?

What software are you using to generate code?

Just curious.

I'll send you an older MSword format document, this will allow you to
see the graphics included. I'll also send you a clip out of my book
that should explain the diference in a cutter being "tangent" to a
surface and "normal" to a surface

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Ray <rehenry@u...> wrote:
>
> Yeth
>
> Shoot! And I was hoping to get some free 5 axis contouring code to
run on
> my hexapod! I confess to being old and a bit dense here but how do
you
> keep cutter rotatation "tangent" to an arc in 3d? Perhaps you
could
> explain the difference between tangent and normal in this context.
>
> I'd look for help in the files you posted but I don't believe that
I have
> the ability to read a MS 2000.doc file. I also see that Yahoo
requires
> cookies and don't allow the ask before setting option. I seem to
exist in
> the stone'd age. Perhaps you could attach a copy of those files
off list?
> Plain text would be prefered but doc 98,97,95, wpd, or xywrite
would be
> possible if I saddle the horse and carry a disk to the neighbors.
Or are
> these files to big for a disk?
>
> Ray
>
> >    From: "yethdear0" <yethdear@k...>
> > Subject: Re: 2.5 axis vs. 3 axis
> >
> > 5 axis? The key words here were full 3D and "tangent"
not "normal" to
> > the surface.