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Hybrid cnc mill / 3d printer help

Posted by Drstation 
Hybrid cnc mill / 3d printer help
January 16, 2018 01:44AM
Hello there,
I'm building a cnc /3d printer hybrid using alum. extusions fot the frame and ramps 1.4/mega
I already had a cnc made from mdf and runs on parallel port with mach 3 but had to deassemble it as I moved to a new house and have no room for its large size so I resorted to making a smaller one but wanted to make it a printer as well
The problem I have right now is with the firmware for ramps
As I want the cnc to have a 4th rotating axis
I choose repetier as it supports both cnc and printing
But can't find any tutorial on a 4th axis for it
Even grbl which I read that is the best for cnc milling don't support a 4th axis
Is there is a firmware capable of controlling a 4th axis on ramps?
Or should I use the old parallel port board for cnc and ramps for printing as a dual setup on the same machine?
Re: Hybrid cnc mill / 3d printer help
January 16, 2018 03:44AM
All repraps have 4th axis... ie X,Y,Z and E

So you actually after a 5th axis

Only one im aware of is a branch of teacup [github.com]
No idea how well it works or otherwise.. Just know it exists
Re: Hybrid cnc mill / 3d printer help
January 16, 2018 04:12AM
You could of course just use Tools

E0 connected to normal extruder
E1 connected to another axis

as long as you can put a T1 at the begining of you gcode E will just be annother axis (may need to disable cold extrusion also and extruders are tied to temperature interlocks)
Re: Hybrid cnc mill / 3d printer help
January 16, 2018 08:44AM
Thanks for the reply
I'm not an expert when it comes to gcode
So I want to understand the t1 command thing with a bit of an explanation
Should I put a t1 in every line containing a command for E1?
Do I have to do it manually or this done in the firmware?
And the axis will be a rotating one,and I read it to has to be converted from mm to degrees in the firmware
How can this be done?
Re: Hybrid cnc mill / 3d printer help
January 16, 2018 06:33PM
T command just change the tool [reprap.org]

on a standard reprap E0 and E1 are the same E axis, you switch between them with the T0 and T1 commands

so all E moves are moves on E axis Not E0 or E1

Ie to use E1 you just need a T1, once at the beginning of your gcode then all code that references axis E will use E1
and to use E0 you just need a T0, once at the beginning of your gcode
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