Re: Cam program and post needed for a cnc propellor carving lathe

it is not exactly a cam program but it is a way to do what you want.
Look at <http://www.cnc-toolkit.com/cnc_toolkit.html> the Project
Spline which is the 4th one down is what you are talking about. Hope
you get it to work.

CAF


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Larry" <reiss_machinist@...>
wrote:

>
> I am interested in building a cnc propellor carving lathe to create
> wooden wind turbine blades, one blade at a time. The proposed lathe
> would be run with Mach 3 and 2 axis control having a servo motor
> drive on the headstock spindel and one on the cross slide axis. There
> would be gearing and a lead screw to slave the Z axis from the spindel
> at the rate of .125" per revolution.The cutting tool would be a 10"
> dia. carbide table saw blade that would move in and out on the cross
> slide X axis as the spindel rotated continuously.
> I have use of a program that will create an STL. file of the
> blade.But I need to learn of a cam program that will let me define the
> axis of rotation and has a post processor for a machine of this
> configuration.
> Thank You, Larry Reiss Omaha, Nebraska
>