It would be really sweet to have tangential support for drag knifes, oscillating
knifes, and crease rollers. Mach 4 has this function and l think it could offer a great access point into the knife cutting industry. I’m not familiar about how this works but I will link the Mach 4 overview for anyone who’s interested. I also have not used Mach 4 because from what I have read the program wouldn’t work with the Sienci controllers (Longboard and SLB). I frequently use drag knifes with my longmill that uses the trailing blade to pivot the blade. It works well but having a steering stepper motor would solve a lot of issues with it. I’ve looked into it a little bit and haven’t found too many resources besides the Mach 4 program (especially for machines using gcode). If anyone knows of an easy way to integrate tangential knife support for the Sienci machines, please let me know.
Thanks
MACH4 TANGENTIAL