Igor Chudov wrote: > Thanks for the program Jon. I will try to understand it and maybe use > as a basis for a G code sub. > > I will try to do it so that I could make ball ends spanning more than > 180 degrees. > > If I understand you correctly, cutting 180 degrees of the ball will cause it to fall off the stock. > One more question: when making a part without a tailstock, I have to > be double sure that the part is as rigid at any moment as possible. > So, it would make sense to program things to use something like a > cutoff bit to rough out the part by removing as much material on the > farthest end as possible, and then moving slightly close to the chuck > and repeating. As opposed to roughing by running along Z many times. > I used only one tool, I said in an earlier message it was a triangular insert, I now remember I used a round insert, it made the setup and programming much easier. I programmed it with the center of the insert in mind. I did an arc that moves closer on each pass. It might have taken just a minute longer than an intelligent code that doesn't cut air, but it really wasn't bad at all.
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