Jon, you do all op in one shot! It mills the hole and cuts the thread in a helical motion with feed rate to suite material.
Works very well as intended in recommended materials, done some threading in steel but in pre-drilled holes with this tool. /Bengt Den 2017-02-04 kl. 03:57, skrev Jon Elson: > On 02/03/2017 11:23 AM, Bengt Sjölund wrote: >> Take a moment and think again ;) It is a single row tool. >> /Bengt >> >> >> Den 2017-02-03 kl. 18:05, skrev Jon Elson: >>> tool into a chunk of material at the thread pitch feedrate. > OK, you drill it down the center of the hole at a slow feed, > and the thread milling teeth open the diameter up quite a > bit more than the shank diameter. Then, you deflect to the > side and thread mill coming back up. I've never run into a > tool of this type before. I've used single-row thread mills, > and use combo drill-taps a lot. Always something new! > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
