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Love it awsum... Any indexing mechanisms get my juices flowing.
I've always been plague with the indexing mechanism. For my requirements, it's been a battle between the index wheel size vs the object to be "surgerised".
I never liked the push/pull indexer on the more manual operation of a spring loaded ball bearing... where practical.
I eventually blundered across a neat auto advance mechanism that depended on laser accuracy and would be virtually impossible with conventional means... maybe even a tad difficult on the fuzzy CNC output.
Still, what I'm trying to say in duck speak... you can't get away with idle references... any chance of a more detailed blog on the mechanism(s).
These laser posts (and laser speaks) are compelling me to consider many of my laser projects I was prepared to let die on LJ.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD