Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Adjustable mill heads

Sounds great. Maybe one of these days some hobbyist (besides me) will build
on of my DreamMachine with the rotary head motion feature. This feature can
be put on both the horizontal and the vertical spindle. The vertical
spindle could be made to rotate in a vertical as well as a horizontal plane
in addition to Y and Z moves.

It won't cost anywhere near $100,000 either. Probably less than $8,000 for
the larger machine.

Smoke

> There are many commercial 4- and 5-axis milling machines that have
> a 1- or 2-axis swivel on the spindle head, which can be moved during a cut
> under CNC control. There are VERY expensive machines, usually over
> $100,000, some several times that amount. There are other machines
> that have rotary axes on the work table, the 5-axis version of these
> are often called "trunnion" machines.
>
> Jon