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I am thinking of adding a 4th axis for gear cutting with my Acorn controlled mill. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

John

Without more information, we don't have much to go on.

For gears I'd use a stepper motor controlled rotary table with a tail stock. I have 4 inch tables for the Sherline mills and a 6 inch table for the Tormach. As long as the stepper motor driver has step and direction connections (most, if not all, do) then it should work.

None of Centroids products will do gear hobbing yet. You can certainly use a 4th axis as a positioner when using a form cutter.

Sounds like a feature request!

tblough wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:48 pm None of Centroids products will do gear hobbing yet. You can certainly use a 4th axis as a positioner when using a form cutter.