I am curious to know if anyone has come up with a reliable and reasonably efficient way to gain a little bit more leeway for stock size (width/height, not length) for the 4th axis rotary. I have a project for which the stock size would be roughly .4" larger in diameter than will fit without the Z axis gantry coming into contact with the stock. I’ve heard of some solutions involving adding another 1/2" riser on the Y rails, or creating a removable section of wasteboard and lowering the 4th axis rotary a small amount. I’ve also heard that there are disadvantages to both methods.
Has anyone done either of these successfully? If so, I’d love to know what you did, and how you did it.
So you really only have two options lower the rotary or raise the z carriage. There is a hard limit to how big the Onefinity rotary can go because of the integrated linear rails and the tail stock slides along. There is no way to increase beyond that limitation to my knowledge unless you take the headstock off which I dont think is possible.
Understood. I know that the most I might expect to gain is perhaps a 3/8" to 5/8" in diameter. It’s my understanding that a few users of Onefinity have added risers on the Y axis, and a few have lowered the Rotary axis assembly slightly. I was hoping to get a sense if either method was worth the effort, and what the pros and cons might be.
I can live with the current limitations, but if there’s a chance to push the envelope a bit, I thought it worth looking into.