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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach under Windows 7 64 bit- XP Emulation-Again-Help
« on: January 19, 2011, 11:55:12 AM »Hi Hood,
I didn't get that "...Mach to move X Y and Z in a helical path so spindle doesnt need any sync at all".
As far as I can figure out, the rotation of the work piece has to be controlled.
I am meaning to do thread milling it is not required. Thread milling is where you go in circular motion whilst at the same time moving the Z axis down by the pitch of the thread. Normally the work is held in the vice or clamped to table and the thread milling cutter is in the spindle but suppose it could be done the other way.
I also forgot to say that my motor (set to 500-600mm/min) gives me 600rpm and it still seems really powerfull (I can't stop the shaft holding it with my fingers). Therefore I was thinking about connecting it to the spindle with about 1:5 ratio which will give me a powerfull 3000rpm which is more than I can get from my real convetional milling machine.
Problem with that is you will decrease the torque by 5 times.
When you mention the spiral it means that mach3 CAN interpolate 3 axis then. Is that right?
Yes Mach can sync up to 6 axis.
PS: does anyone know which keyboard keys I have to press to move the Z, A, B, C, etc (at least the Z please)?
Regards,
Demenicis
You can set them to what you want from Config menu then System Hotkeys, but be careful as the keys you choose may already be used by something else. Default for Z is pg Up, Pg Dn, dont think there is a default for A.