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Posted by Jon on March 22, 2008, 12:09 pm
Please log in for more thread options We have milled the OD of discs that far exceed the table travels.
Also milled features on the face of parts in a pattern larger than the table
travels.
> Charlie Gary wrote:
>
>>> So my questions IS: Is there anything you can do with a part in
>>> a 4th
>>> axis laying flat on it's back that you can't do by putting your part
>>> directly on the mill table?
>
>
>> Turn the outside of the material round by spinning the rotary while
>> moving x,y, and z to get it rubbing just right on the corner of the
>> spindle housing?
>
> Charlie:
>
> Why couldn't you interpolate the OD by using X, Y, Z moves? Or are you
> saying machine the OD of something larger than the machine travels?
>
>> Maybe clamp a threading tool to the housing and
>> single-point a thread on the outside of something too big to fit in
>> the lathe? Beginning to sound like a vertical turning machine.
>
> You could still thread the outside by clamping your part to the table, no?
> Unless you're running into the travel limitation again.
>
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> A regular asked me if I've even laid our 4th axis down flat on it's
> back to machine something. I said no.
>
> So my questions IS: Is there anything you can do with a part in a 4th
> axis laying flat on it's back that you can't do by putting your part
> directly on the mill table?
>
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