4-axis cnc with proxxon MF70

Here is my proxxon doing a test cut in blue foam using my homemade 4th axis. It is the hub for the propeller of a nautilus submarine model. I made it for someone but they never did anything with it unfortunately.

http://www.indoor.flyer.co.uk/nautilus.htm

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 4axis
• cnc
• proxxon
• mf70

[TOXIXIFY]

What material is that?

[littlestworkshop]

@TOXIXIFY Blue foam, Dow floormate styrofoam to be precise.

[komar1970]

what CAD software did you use for the 4 axis

[littlestworkshop]

I used turbocnc to drive the machine. You can see from the webpage I link to in the description that I actually used a 3D toolpath, I then connected the rotary table to the y axis and made sure it would turn one rotation over the length of the 3D drawn part.

[JDMeister]

Great! what rotary table is used?

[littlestworkshop]

It is a homemade one, built from a small worm gearbox.

[TOXIXIFY]

@littlestworkshop Thanks, I'm new to this and thinking about building a machine. I'm sure this a common question but, what software do you use?