Re: EMC and tape/paper cutting ?

[Dam <damg-at-1st.net>]

Hi.
Although I've never seen it plotters have been doing it for years. Search
for plotter supplies and you will find cutters for cutting many different
materials.
HTH
Dale

Henry Palonen wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I have been wondering how could I control paper-cutter with EMC...
>
> I have been planning for device that replaces normal milling head with
> sort of "turning knife blade". There could be a stepper motor for
> turning the knife's cutting edge to direction of current travel.
>
> So that would be kind of 4th axis. Has anybody tried this before, and if
> not, where should i start digging the sources ?
>
> It would be relatively easy to determine the direction of next
> -linear- move, but it's getting more difficult with moves that
> involve some radius...
>
> Henkka
>
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