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For anyone else interested, I have a new updated plan. Based upon some more research into the Fusion 360 Post Processor, it appears a complete solution is much simpler than I originally thought. 1. Configure the machine with 4 linear axis, X, Y, Z, W 2. Set custom machine parameters that provide an ...

For anyone following along, I thought I'd provide a possible course of action I may take. Ideally this would superseded by future features of the centroid software. I have broken the approach up into 2 phases, with phase 1 being simpler to implement, but a bit more labor intensive for each cut file,...

its best to have the cad/cam system use short vectors and stick to g1's and g0's which is common these days. then you can get any type of "move" to work in any plane with any other axis. Ah, thank you. I wasn’t sure what is considered best practice. Does the standard centroid fusion 360 p...

Helical arcs in G17, using W instead of Z, should work just fine. Arcs in G18 or G19 will not work with the W axis. You would have to get your CAM software to post them as a series of short G1 moves instead. Hmm… thank you for the info, that is unfortunate. This takes me back to square one for a bi...

if you are not going to rigid tap on the W axis, independent Z axes can be controlled with G code, you could simply have your post processor put W in the G code for the 2nd Z axis when you want that 2nd Z to move and then the W axis would move not Z M333 is not sorted and is experimental, not sure ...

if you are not going to rigid tap on the W axis, independent Z axes can be controlled with G code, you could simply have your post processor put W in the G code for the 2nd Z axis when you want that 2nd Z to move and then the W axis would move not Z M333 is not sorted and is experimental, not sure ...

yes there are several approaches to this. what exactly are you after? not all dual Z machines act the same. some are Z1 Z2 are slaved and work in unison, others are two separate axes Z and W do you need rigid tapping on the 2nd Z axis? etc..etc.. Any thoughts on this CNCKeith? I answered your quest...

Keith, What can you tell us about M333, and whether it could be applied to this type of machine? Thanks for mentioning that, that appears to function similarly to the "swap axis" concept in other controllers. I think this would do what I need provided it is fully functional. In a manual I...

I’ll try to explain the machine layout a bit to provide some context, I may not use the correct identifies for each axis. Avid CNC has offered a mechanical setup similar to What I am hoping to accomplish. I have attached a photo The machine will be a fixed gantry, moving bed router. A small machine ...

I’m interested in having 2spindles each on an independent Z axis on a future router build. I am wonder if it is possible to do this with an acorn 6? I know an approach used in mach3 and Linux CNC is to use a swap axis approach where the Z axis is done by different machines. Is this possible with Aco...