Gene I can get. Custom shaped endmills made in china easy as which is what I will probably do soon. I might just get some gear tooth shaped endmills made.. I get custom tools all the time for my tooling company Regards
Andrew On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 11:27 PM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Thursday 23 July 2020 06:33:08 Matthew Herd wrote: > > > That’s a fascinating idea. I was pondering CNC’ing my shaper, but a > > fourth axis would be much easier. Even if you don’t have a conical > > tool bit. Albeit the surface finish might be a little rougher, it > > should work well enough for most applications. > > > And is my driving impetus to but a motor on this BS-1. But I'd need help > with the math using a ball nosed tool, or a flat faced with a corner and > very small steps radius. Otherwise I suspect one would have to buy a > tool grinder too, and make ones own tools. I have spent considerable > time looking for shaped tools/mills for such gear cutting and either > didn't recognize it from the description or came up empty. > > If anyone knows of a stateside purveyor of such hens teeth, throw me a > url plz. > > Thanks. > > > > On Jul 23, 2020, at 6:20 AM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 at 03:41, andrew beck <andrewbeck0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> https://youtu.be/3u1bZxd-KCk > > > > > > With a 4th axis (which I realise you don't have) you would be able > > > to generate a tooth form using the flank of the cutter in just the > > > same way as you can with a shaper. > > > (Ideally you would use a conical tool bit ground to the required > > > pressure angle) > > > > > > -- > > > 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, 1912 > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
