Rotary on U axis instead of Y axis

[Magier7 (Stefan Bodingbauer)]

@ednisley

In my experience, nothing is difficult for the guy who doesn’t have to do it.

I did some programming a long time ago, but I’ve forgotten a lot of things now, so I still know a bit about what programming means

[Magier7 (Stefan Bodingbauer)]

@jkwilborn

I can’t say for sure, but some controllers are designed for other uses of the U axes and may not function they way you hope.

I heard a rumor that the 6442 was for a conveyor type movement between layers… that is the only control it has… it does make sense as you could move it from the console, but limited software control…

that wouldn’t make any difference
E.g. take a look at the rollers from a rotary here are 2 drive rollers
Now place a conveyor belt around these two rollers, then enlarge this to the working area size of the laser and this will result in a workpiece

[Magier7 (Stefan Bodingbauer)]

That means the control for the stepper motor is the same (regardless of whether it is a rotary or workpiece feeder) and that in turn means that it makes perfect sense if Lightburn treats the U axis as an independent axis (as it does with X, Y, and Z the case is)