Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] A "simple" Hexapod project

Dan,
I hope you have looked at http://www.rainnea.com/cnc_hexapod.htm. His
toolkit is a fantastic work. The learning curve is steep especially for Gmax
and the Toolkit. It is worth the time though.
Paul

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From: "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@...>
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Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:20 PM
Subject: RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] A "simple" Hexapod project


> Timely question. I recently bought a low cost 8" stroke linear actuator
> with a 1" diamter ballscrew that looks like it would make a good drive
> unit for a hexapod machining center. But I am still in the gathering
> information stage and I seemed to have hit a road block with software. I
> have heard that EMC in the kinematic mode would run a hexapod. The big
> problem that I haven't gotten and answer for is what software would you
> create your tool path with and or would you have to manually write
> toolpath files? Not being versed in the kinematic mode of EMC and how to
> program a hexapod it seems like it may not be a good project unless it
> could be programed as easily as a standard cnc machine yousing G code.
> Dan
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