Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-21 Thread John Dammeyer
> > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 7:39 AM Nicklas SB Karlsson > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have registered to Freecad mailing lists and posted on at least > > > > > one > > > > > of > > > > > them but they seems dead. Anybody else activing in Freecad? > > > > > > > Yes mailing-lists

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-21 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
fre 2022-10-21 klockan 09:20 +0200 skrev Jérémie Tarot: > Le jeu. 20 oct. 2022 à 20:05, Nicklas SB Karlsson a > écrit : > > > tor 2022-10-20 klockan 10:31 -0700 skrev Chris Albertson: > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 7:39 AM Nicklas SB Karlsson > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Have registered

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-21 Thread Jérémie Tarot
Le jeu. 20 oct. 2022 à 20:05, Nicklas SB Karlsson a écrit : > tor 2022-10-20 klockan 10:31 -0700 skrev Chris Albertson: > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 7:39 AM Nicklas SB Karlsson > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Have registered to Freecad mailing lists and posted on at least one > > > of > > > them but

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-21 Thread Jérémie Tarot
Le jeu. 20 oct. 2022 à 22:52, a écrit : > Spot drills are also available in carbide which is much stiffer than a HSS > spot drill. > For best accuracy, the tip angle of the spot drill should be greater than > the angle of your drill. That is, for a 118-degree drill a spot drill of > 120 degrees

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-20 Thread ken.strauss
: Nicklas SB Karlsson Sent: October 20, 2022 2:11 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole Center drill is 60 degree angle. It have thick shaft which is good but thinner tip. Spot drill is 90 degree angle and have found

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-20 Thread Ralph Stirling
-- Ralph From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [n...@nksb.eu] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2022 7:23 AM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole CAUTION: This email originated from outside the Walla Walla University ema

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-20 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
Center drill is 60 degree angle. It have thick shaft which is good but thinner tip. Spot drill is 90 degree angle and have found statements it is made fo precise bore hole placement so muste be a good choice. Will try the spot drill to make a dent, probably 8mm to get a stiff shaft. Or maybe

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-20 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
tor 2022-10-20 klockan 10:31 -0700 skrev Chris Albertson: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 7:39 AM Nicklas SB Karlsson > wrote: > > > > > Have registered to Freecad mailing lists and posted on at least one > > of > > them but they seems dead. Anybody else activing in Freecad? > > > > Dead?   There

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-20 Thread Chris Albertson
On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 10:14 AM Matthew Herd wrote: > Or (preferably) use a spot drill, which is even more robust. I think he was asking about how to modify FreeCAD software, not how to drill a hole. Perhaps modify the G-code generator to do as you say and add a tool-change. But how

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-20 Thread Chris Albertson
On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 7:39 AM Nicklas SB Karlsson wrote: > > Have registered to Freecad mailing lists and posted on at least one of > them but they seems dead. Anybody else activing in Freecad? > Dead? There have been a dozen forum posts today, and it is still morning

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-20 Thread Matthew Herd
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 wrote: > > Hi Nicklas > > always center drill first > > tomp > > On 10/20/22 9:23 PM, Nicklas SB Karlsson wrote: >>

Re: [Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-20 Thread Thomas J Powderly
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

[Emc-users] Freecad path workbench + drilling small hole

2022-10-20 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
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