CNC machine a wooden corbel from three sides
Use a fourth axis (A-axis) to machine a part from several sides
Creating a wooden corbel by machining from three sides (DP V7.1, 28 min)
One of DeskProto's strong features it that is supports rotation axis machining, for machines with such axis (also called 4th axis, A-axis and Rotary table). DeskProto offers two methods to use the 4th axis: continuous rotation (the part rotates while machining) and indexed machining (the rotation axis is used only to rotate the part in-between operations). Continuous rotation is shown in the videos on rotary machining, the current page is about indexed machining with a fourth axis.
The Indexed Corbel video shows the second way to use the rotation axis on your CNC milling machine. While most DeskProto 4-axis tutorial videos show continuous rotation, this new video teaches you how to use indexed machining: machining a part from several sides, using 3-axis toolpaths for each side and a rotation movement in-between.
The video shows how to machine a wooden corbel, using toolpaths from three sides.
All steps in the process are shown:
- 1 First an explanation of the differences between continuous rotation and indexed machining
- 2 Download the CAD-data of this corbel geometry
- 3 Start DeskProto and enter all milling parameter
- 4 Calculate the toolpaths and save them in an NC file (G-code)
- 5 Run the toolpaths on your machine
- 6 View the result.
DeskProto also supports indexed machining on 5-axis machines, see the 5-axis videos.
This video is in HD quality (1280x720 pixels).
Subtitles are available and can be switched on, in English and in Dutch.