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HereinCS · #1 07-07-2010, 08:15 PM

Having some crazy thoughts about building a 6 axis machine. I'm thinking of rotation then entire y axis. Will this work? Can any software control such movement in a useful manner?

jsheerin · #2 07-09-2010, 11:27 AM

Yes, you could do this (rotate the entire part around the y axis). This is a common setup for 4 and more axis machining. Mach 3 could control this if your cam software could generate the code. That is usually the tricky part - the cam.

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