G'Day to all
I'm in the process of setting up my 4th rotary axis up on my router, the rotary axis runs parallel to the Y axis and has a maximum run of 1250mm and Free space of 250mm either side of the center line, While I'm waiting on parts and completing the mechanical side I thought this would be a good time to pick all the brilliant mind's out there on a problem.
The 4th axis will be used to create shotgun stocks based from an original stock, What I am hoping to do is to fix the but side of the stock to the rotary table and leave the rest of the stock free floating as to be able to machine the action reliefs and be able to digitise the original.
Is it possible to use a touch probe in this configuration to digitise the stocks while setup on the rotary axis, the router has a touch probe already installed and works fine but how can I rotate the stock and digitise at the same time. Or is there another method of doing this using video probing or laser? What I need to be able to do is to digitise an original and then be able to alter it or duplicate it.
Any suggestions of what software for altering, and producing code would be much appreciated. I have added some pics of a basic stock so you can see what I'm up against, there is a side view, bottom view, top view and one of the action relief.
Thanks for reading
Katoh