On 24 March 2013 08:11, Gregg Eshelman <g_ala...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've been thinking that a system with three or four servo motors and cables > connected to the torch mount could move it around as well as a 2-axis gantry. > > Can LinuxCNC run such a setup?
At first I thought you were talking about motorising the existing arms, but reading more carefully, I think you are talking about pulling the arm around with cables and drums? When I thought you were talking about motorising the arm I was going to suggest pulling the arm around with cables and drums instead :-) Alex Joni has done this on a small scale. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Alex_Joni's_Toy -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
