On Saturday 20 February 2016 12:21:36 Chris Albertson wrote: > > No, ball is the inverse of the shape I need, see > > Just curious, I thought there was a theory that ANYTHING could be > milled with a ball mill with just two restrictions > 1) the radius of the ball limits the minimum radius you can cut > 2) with only 3 axis you can not cut an overhang design. > > So in theory you can round over a corner with a ball mill on a CNC > machine but you's need a special round over bit on a one-axils router
This is also true, but facing it up so the curve junction describes a straight line along the Y axis, carving that curve once would be quick enough, but the multiple passes, following an arc about 10 thou at a time with a ballnose, or even a 3/4" core box cutter (faster edges going by=cleaner cuts), to get the final curved edge would indeed be a time consuming project. For a onsie, yes, for 36 of them, not practical. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
