On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Stuart Stevenson <stus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Igor Chudov <ichu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Rigid tapping will always need two pins to sense direction, but unless > > > people do multi-pass tapping (and I guess they might, with taper, > > > second and plug (yikes!)) the index serves only to start the cycle so > > > should be perfectly safe to derive synthetically. > > > > > > > > Which brings up a question, can one tap with a plug tap first, on a CNC > > mill > > that is equipped for rigid tapping? > > > > that would be tricky - maybe an optical comparator to make sure the helix > is in the proper orientation. > interesting > Stuart > Stuart, what I mean is this: 1) Drill a hole for tapping 2) Tap with a plug tap Is that possible with a CNC mill equipped for rigid tapping? (like mine)? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
