On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:02, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> I think "rest machining" refers to doing initial machining passes with > a large-diameter cutter, having the CAM keep track of the remaining > material that needs to be removed, and then doing finishing passes > with a smaller-diameter cutter to remove that remaining material. For > example, think of a large pocket with sharp corners, roughed out with > a large endmill and then finished with a small endmill. > This sounds like what VCarve Pro does. It asks if you want to rough out using a larger diameter cutter, then generates two programs via the post-processor: one for the roughing operation (using the large tool), and the other for the finishing (with a smaller tool for the fine detail). The user chooses and specifies both tools before the software calculaltes the paths. It generally works ok, although I have run the odd job where there are artefacts left by the roughing cut which are not fully removed using the smaller cutter. Marcus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
