Tom wrote: > Hi Steve, > Those are tapered walls. The contours for those pockets are about 50 thou > inset > at the bottom of the pocket, so the walls are that much thicker down there. It > might be worth investigating using a 3/8 endmill with a 1/16" radius end. That > would give some gradation to each Z level step, plus the bottom cut would have > the full radiused corners. > You can get tapered endmills in a variety of shallow tapers. They are usually used for the draft in mold cavities, but can also be used for this purpose of tapered pockets.
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