Originally Posted by
Darylb
What if your CNC used cylindrical coordinate like a lathe? You chuck up the bat on the "lathe" and have the rotation of the bat controlled by 1 stepper. Then there is a stepper the moves the router along the axis of the bat and another that moves it towards the centerline of the bat.
I suppose the only challenge here is finding software to accommodate this setup
Mach3 has support for lathes. So does EMC2. A bunch of people have shown lathe turnings and wrapped photos on cylindrical wood here on CNC Zone. YouTube should have lots of videos on the subject. Vcarve Pro has wizards for doing some of this work.
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