Two LR4s on the same table?

[Colin_S]

Has anyone ever thought of or tried to integrate two LR4s onto the same cnc table to reduce cut time? Probably need custom firmware.

[Tokoloshe (Philipp)]

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Not exactly what you asked for, but one step in the direction.

[MakerJim]

@Colin_S

two LR4s onto the same cnc table

We had some pie-in-the-sky discussions about this at RMRRF. Nothing concrete in terms of implementation. We also kicked around the idea of dual cores on one beam, times two LR4 beams (Four tools on one table).

The reality is that an independent machine controller would be needed to run each LR4, and coordinating between them is a tall ask.

It would be a fun thing to show.

I suspect we’ll see a proper toolchanger on LR4 well before we see something formally released that is multi-core or multi-machine per table.