Re: Rorary 4th axis et al..

Very Cool Larry! What software(s) and drivers are you using?
-Lee


-- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Larry Van Duyn <lvanduyn@z...> wrote:

> Hi all..
> Recently there has been some discussion on rotary 4th axes and

the

> mounting of chucks there upon. In that vien,
> I have posted a few pics of my own incarnation of a 4th axis. I

built

> this around the common Phase II 10 inch rotary
> table which started life on my manual mill. The encoder shown is

from

> US Digital and is a 1000 line unit giving a final
> resolution of .001 degree which, happily, is what my control

requires...

> The last pic in the group shows my high speed
> spindle. For power, it uses a Dumore high speed grinder motor

driven

> with a variable voltage DC controller. It is
> designed to clamp right on the spindle nose of the Bridgeport and

the

> cutter is directly on the Z axis when in place.
> The photos are in the CAD_CAM photo section in a folder labeled
> "K8JBL"...
> Larry....