Re: Tangent v normal

   From: "yethdear0" <yethdear@...>

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

About thirty degrees from xy perpendicular. Till Franitza in Stuttgart
gets a little more with new spindle end geometry in his primodels. I've
watched some stuff developed in Sweden do a full 360 but it isn't a
true Stewart Platform.

> What software are you using to generate code?

That's where I was wishing you'd help. I run it with the EMC and that
uses standard g-code. I'm in the process of a major hardware remodel
right now. Hope to have it going for NAMES in April.

>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.

Thanks. I'll get Trigger out of the barn and send smoke signals to
the neighbor.

RayH -- Michigan's U.P.