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Re: Laser cutting metal gears
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:24 am
by Eastblock
On a CNC lathe, C-axis is indexing control of the spindle. Used when milling with live tooling in the turret. With Y-axis on the turret you can mill off-center.
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Re: Laser cutting metal gears
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:36 am
by Eastblock
Re: Laser cutting metal gears
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 1:48 am
by ArtF
very sweet.. Must be a hell of a laser.
Art
Re: Laser cutting metal gears
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:28 am
by Eastblock
ArtF wrote: ↑Sat Dec 24, 2022 1:48 am
very sweet.. Must be a hell of a laser.
Art
Bog standard cheapish Chinese 1kW fiber laser.
Re: Laser cutting metal gears
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 2:51 am
by ArtF
Wow, 1kw fibre eh? How long for the cut for gears like those?
I was looking at fibre lasers and wondering what that experience would be like..
Art
