On Saturday 16 February 2013 21:11:50 Jon Elson did opine: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > and climb cutting with a single flute cannot be done in metal, the > > table will be pulled forward, the next time the edge comes around its > > too deep a cut & the mill snaps off. > > Well, on a tight machine, you can climb mill in aluminum, at least. it > leaves a much > better surface finish. I think with any number of flutes, if the table > can be pulled > ahead of the feed due to slack leadscrew nuts, then climb milling is > dangerous. > I do almost all my work in the climb direction without problems, but my > mill has a known backlash of about .001". > Whereas getting mine under .003", and keeping it there for more than an hour is something I mark on the calendar. :(
> Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel - in partnership with > Geeknet, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from > weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, > tutorials, tech docs, whitepapers, evaluation guides, and opinion > stories. Check out the most recent posts - join the conversation now. > http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> And on the seventh day, He exited from append mode. I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel - in partnership with Geeknet, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials, tech docs, whitepapers, evaluation guides, and opinion stories. Check out the most recent posts - join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
