On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 14:43, Roland Jollivet <roland.jolli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jogging up is better, backlash notwithstanding. > Use an accurate rod or the shank of an endmill, say 10mm > Jog upwards while you gently try to roll the rod under the cutter > Yes, I should have perhaps gone in to more detail of the touch-off. The way you describe is what I do when I want accuracy, I use some of my massive stock of broken end-mills as the reference. But for a skim cut to start a job, especually with the big shell mill, I often simply jog down until it starts to cut, and call that my surface (it soon will be) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
