Open Source Ecology - 5-axis+ lathe

4:29 AM

(creating a thread for search-ability, but) remind me again what the use case would be for this lathe idea? I recall "universal" and "stability" being a few of the keywords you mentioned

4:36 AM

Here's the rotary EDM machine that one of the community members on the RackRobotics discord is working on

303adastra

(creating a thread for search-ability, but) remind me again what the use case would be for this lathe idea? I recall "universal" and "stability" being a few of the keywords you mentioned

Mostly cool factor though a proper 5 axis can do geometries (such as turbines) that cannot be done otherwise except by casting (which has a lower tolarence) it can also do parts that otherwise would need multipul setups

HopefulMGowner

Mostly cool factor though a proper 5 axis can do geometries (such as turbines) that cannot be done otherwise except by casting (which has a lower tolarence) it can also do parts that otherwise would need multipul setups

Have you looked into tesla turbines? They seem much easier to fabricate. Been wondering if the discs for one could be casted then machined down using a rotary EDM process

303adastra

Have you looked into tesla turbines? They seem much easier to fabricate. Been wondering if the discs for one could be casted then machined down using a rotary EDM process

Those work but this is more for repair and production of current designs

Found this on the FreeCAD wiki. Could be a useful starting point? https://wiki.freecad.org/Robot_6-Axis

Robot 6-Axis