Or (preferably) use a spot drill, which is even more robust. They typically have a 90 degree point angle and are very rigid.
> On Oct 20, 2022, at 12:59 PM, Thomas J Powderly <tjt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Nicklas > > always center drill first > > tomp > > On 10/20/22 9:23 PM, Nicklas SB Karlsson wrote: >> There is some things missing in the Freecad path workbench of which >> some are rather simple to fix. Zig facing operation, rigid tapping, G95 >> feed per revolution or tooth is not possible and these are probably not >> to hard to fix. While reorder and get blank from machining of previous >> operation might be harder. >> >> Have been able to figure a little bit on the data model add a zig >> function but had to disable some kind of sorting function sometimes >> changing direction of cut, probably to get shortest path. >> >> Have registered to Freecad mailing lists and posted on at least one of >> them but they seems dead. Anybody else activing in Freecad? >> >> >> Just starting to machine my first parts milling seems to work rather >> well. Drilling small holes a few millimeters I am however a little bit >> uncertain it work well to start a hole with a normal length drill? Or >> start point tend to slip a little bit on the surface? >> >> >> Nicklas Karlsson >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > <ctrdrill.png>_______________________________________________ > 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
