Some nice pieces there thanks. Not having done many DXF to Gcode conversions (read this as none)  how would you know by downloading a DXF if your 3 axis mill will be able to make it once Mach 3 has got hold of the DXF and converted it? The Knight looks a little tricky with 3 axis.

The knight would have to be 4 axis, either that or do one side and then flip and do the other.
Hood

Do you use lazyturn on a mill as well or only on Lathes ? I can see me wanting to put another axis on once I get going to do this kind of thing. Learn to walk before running I must constantly remind myself of that

Lazy turn is for turning and Lazycam is for millig, plasma, router, waterjet, ect.

Brett.

But if you add a 4th axis to the mill and use it as a spindle, mount a lathe tool in a clamp in the Z Axis and use it as an X axis and use the X axis as a Z axis then you would use MachTurn and LazyTurn

Hood

Nice. If you can understand it

Nice. If you can understand it

one picture = 1000 words!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfXXeiSHsw

Quote from: Perfo on August 04, 2008, 08:47:04 PM

Nice. If you can understand it

one picture = 1000 words!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfXXeiSHsw

Not exactly what I was meaning but yes that is another way to do it

Hood

This was more like what I was meaning except instead of mounting the lathe on the mill it would just be your 4th axis.

http://tormach.com/Product_PCNC_lathe.html

Hood