This was a year ago but based on the latest fly cutting results I'm getting slight ridges so either the fly cutter isn't exactly turning a perfect horizontal arc or I need to tram again. http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/TrammedVertical.jpg
Or it's something to do with the backlash. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > Sent: May-21-20 9:25 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Face Milling > > On 05/20/2020 11:56 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > > > Anyone used one of these? > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000890081459.html > > > > > Years ago, we had CNC meetings at Roland Friestad's shop > near Galesburg, IL. He made CNC retrofits to sell to tech > schools, and apparently made some of his own tooling. I > found a bunch of very similar > small face mills with R-8 taper, and I think we bought all > he had. I'm still using them for this type > of face milling work. The bigger the face mill, the more > accurately you need to have your machine trammed. > > Jon > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
