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  1. #1
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    Rotation along the y axis?

    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?

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    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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