"hexapod" mill

Bob,

I've built one, and am *still* building the second. The first was a
proof-of-concept machine. The second is much stiffer and faster,
currently being side-tracked by a more than full time job.

I have the mechanism and electronics operating for the second
machine, and am very slowly writing the low-level firmware to control it.

I have some pictures and informaiton at:

http://www.foxkid.net/cmm/platform/project-notebook.html

What are you using for motion planning and tool path generation? I
have a couple programs that convert rasters of surface depth to tool
paths, and some utilities to do simple operations (cut holes, rings,
rectangles, spherical sections).

Anyway, I've been working on some of the practical aspects of hexapod
machines for a few years now, and would be more than please to
listen, talk, and share.

-- Carl


Carl Mikkelsen
cmm@...
www.foxkid.net


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