On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:40 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 03 February 2017 02:59:21 Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > http://www.infodelta.it/foto/film/filettatura%20interpolata.mp4 > > We can already do that, if we had the tap tool. And it would be a great > way but there will always be some tightening of the fit toward the > bottom of the hole due to tool flex if using the longer conventional tap > form. I liked that short, only 2 or 3 cutting teeth in the last section > of the video. > > Use a G2 or G3, with z and p calculated to do the correct pitch. I have a > single groove, 6 HSS teeth at a time tool, but I've not used it, its > 3/4" in diameter but I've not needed a tapped hole that big, yet. > Someday... > > If Delta was trying to make us jealous? Nah, couldn't happen. :) But > where do we source tooling optimized for that? > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
I would like to know where to buy one tool to do that. :-) I am starting to build a new cnc machine, when finished I will need one of those tools. Valerio Bellizzomi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
