On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:19:25 +0000 (UTC), you wrote:
>Those are tapered walls. The contours for those pockets are about 50 thou inset >at the bottom of the pocket, so the walls are that much thicker down there. It >might be worth investigating using a 3/8 endmill with a 1/16" radius end. That >would give some gradation to each Z level step, plus the bottom cut would have >the full radiused corners. >Hmmmm. Hi Tom - as Jon said, tapered ball end mills are made for just that type of job. They aren't cheap though, so personally I'd rough it with an ordinary 2 flute ball end mill, then do a finish cut with a taper ball mill. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
