Re: Hexapod question

Don,

I was gonna type a long response. Instead, have a look about halfway
down the page at:

http://biotsavart.tripod.com/hexapod.htm

Look at the subheading precision machining, and a bit lower,
Advantages.

Should answer your questions. If not, a search of "Hexapod machining
advantages" turns up lots of hits..

Hope this helps,

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Don Rogers <Don@C...> wrote:
>
> >At first Ballendo I thought the same as you that the extra length
> >beyond the joint would cause a problem but this is not the case.
If
> >those levers as you describe them were shorter the situation would
be
> >exactly the same and if the machine cannot handle a leverage beyond
> >the plane of the pivots then it will not be very good when it comes
> >to milling anything.
>
> OK gang, I have been following this thread for some time now, and I
am still at
> a loss as to what the possible practicable use a Hexapod would be
in a
> machining environment.
>
> I can see that it would give some interesting movements to a table,
but the
> simple lever
> arm lengths involved would, it seems to me, eliminate this design
as a
> practical tool for
> machining metals. Am I missing something here? Or am I narrowing
my view
> to much?
>
> Don