On 31 July 2015 at 08:41, Dave Caroline <dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com> wrote: > "squiffy" One also needs to take into account the face width of the > cutter so it is not always possible to do that.
With the geometry of my milling machine this isn't a problem, as the whole table, slides and screw swing. > You also need some crazy wide cutter to hob the worm itself Worms are straight-sided so the "rack" involute cutter, with no lead, can be used to thread-mill a worm. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
