[Glad]

Hello everybody.
New here and this is my first post. Hope I’m in the right forum. I have a Sherline 3 axis (flashcut motors/xylotex board) mini mill running Mach3. I want to run Sherline rotary table, but have only 3 axis controller. Is it possible to disconnect X axis (I don’t need it for what I want to do) and hook up rotary table to that axis? If it is possible what do I need to change in configuration? Rotary table I intend to use is a Sherline 4" CNC rotary table with stepper motor P/N 8730.

Thank you for your help.

Glad.

[songlight]

In Mach3 change your x axis to the a axis and hook up your r-table to the x axis. Go into config and click on ports then click on motor outputs and x out the x axis. Then click on the axis and change the step and direction numbers of the x axis to the a axis.

[awerby]

the rotary table's axis would be parallel to the X axis. So you'd disable the Y axis to power the A axis, not X. You would need a way to lock the Y axis at the Y=0 position, though, since if that axis isn't powered up, it will float freely, and could move off position in response to cutting forces.


Andrew Werby
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