Deleted original Post… I don’t know about the rest of you, but that over active GIF animation was getting on my nerves… I think I’ll just share it from youtube instead…
Yea, it was kind of a thought exercise. But if you are going to have a floating gantry, adding a floating table does double your X axis. The way that one is laid out, you would cut your resolution (steps) in half. But that could be fixed with some different gearing or separate motors on X1 n X2…
Be it for the genius or the idiocy of it, it does seem to be relatively popular on G+ as it’s been shared 93 times (that actually dose seem to be a lot for the Trimble 3D Warehouse) in 10 days. But I’m most excited by the number of subscribers I’ve gotten on youtube…
whispering I’m up to 5 now…cha-ching… shhhhh!.. ;p
@Ollenberger Much like the design, the imaginary kind… lol But no, like everybody else, I’m sure I’ll be using mach3 or linuxcnc. Playing with both now, trying to learn the ins n outs. But there are several to chose from. My plan is to continue using shetchup for my designs, and then us a plugin to export from cad to cam ( DXF ). Not sure what the best way is yet to clean up the G code (hope I’m using all these abbreviations right). Here a good link to the process. They’re using CamBam though.
@Ollenberger I guess it is. Although I did build my on plotter/cutter back in 98. Same concept I think, mechanically wise. And I did half build a plasma cnc out of scrap, but sold it before any electronics were added. They weren’t as cheap or easy to come by back then. My degree is in electrical engineering, although I’ve never really used it professionally.
I don’t know if Mach3 supports that type of x-axis arrangement. Interesting idea though. For the extra cost of the mechanics, electronics, ect, it may not be worth the extra travel. As with most things, keeping it simple will save you headaches in the future. Nice animation.
@Paul_Bohn I definitely agree with the keep it simple part. Was mostly just exploring an idea. But I don’t think mach3 would know or care. All the software needs is the number of steps from point A to point B.
That animation was a pain in the butt. Too many moving parts. I almost left in the scenes showing the parts flying apart n back together just for a laugh…
