Re: Long X axis Method of travel.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Campbell" <bob@c...>
wrote:

> Jon,
>
> None of my builders are building anything over 50" long. It does

take 8' of

> space. In reality a Gantry machine would take at least 6' of

space. Once

> you get past 4' then a gantry machine would win out.
>
> For a lot of people 3' by 2' of cutting area is plenty.
>
> Bob Campbell
>

I am currently designing a overhead 4 axis system with the X axis 96
inches long, the Y axis 36 inches long and the Z axis 20 inches long.
This will hang over head an A axis that will will rotate in parallel
with the X axis. I plan to build life scale wood sculptures. This
is why I was wondering about what would be the best way of moving the
X axis.

Another thought, could it be better if I ran two systems on the same
X axis? Have two Y and Z run on the same X axis. The computer would
have to coordinate the two to keep them from hitting each other and
would have to work on the same A axis surface. This would keep the
length of travel down to say 50 inches. That would be good enough
for a lead screw. Then the time to take for machining would be cut
in half.

Dex


Dex