[Fomu]

Hi, i'm gona build a home-made 5 axis mill.
This is what i'm looking for :
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vark2IBMGr0&feature=related"]YouTube - 5-Axis Mill, 5 Axis Machining[/nomedia]

Is it possible to control this type of mill with Mach3?
Has anybody ever built this kind of machine hobby-wise?
Thanks in advance!

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

This appears to be a case of "axis exchange", not true 5-axis simultaneous motion.

I could be mistaken but that's how the early 4-axis Bostomatics did it. They exchanged the Y axis to A axis when rotary motion was required. Could not move Y while rotating A.

Dick Z

[Fomu]

But, i'd like to keep my y axis. Actually, what i'm looking to make is a 3 axis, and
upgrade it by attaching the 2 axis table on it. For me that just seems like the right way to go.

[samco]

This is done with kinematics within emc2

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF7C8d4d0nc"]YouTube - Homemade 5 axis machine, running EMC2, in XYZAB configuration[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WCrqqoZkPg"]YouTube - Homemade 5-axis machine run by EMC2[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EYaM4FkASA"]YouTube - 5-axis milling demo with EMC2[/nomedia]

sam

[mcphill]

Is it possible to control this type of mill with Mach3?

Yes, I think Mach3 will handle up to 6 axes.

[Fomu]

Thanks a lot samco and mcphill. You're both awesome!.

[mcphill]

Yes, I think Mach3 will handle up to 6 axes.

Confirmed:

Here are some of the basic features and functions provided by Mach3:

Converts a standard PC to a fully featured, 6-axis CNC controller

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