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Mach4 General Discussion / A axis acting as a spindle then toggle back to a rotary.

« on: November 07, 2016, 03:18:29 PM »

I would like to be able to toggle my A-axis from a rotary to a spindle with Gcode. I am reading about a  swapaxis macro but I have no clue what it is and where to find it. could someone please help me out with this topic? I am wanting to cylindrical grind revolved parts and have the rotary spin around the X axis at a somewhat slow speed while milling in the X-direction. I would like to be able to switch it within the same program and have also be able to do some indexing for milling work.  I am using CAMWorks & Solidworks. I want to have a post developed that I can use the Syil X5 Combo like a lathe with live tooling for cutting round tools. They are asking for some sample code. any help would be great. Thanks!