OK. Just a quick video with of course some questions. https://youtu.be/BpafBR_Cfuw
Here's the cutting of one flat. As the video comments state: Spindle RPM 833, Feed Rate 3 ipm, Cutter size 14mm (0.55") Stepover is 0.15" or about 25% of cutter diameter (2 flute HSS) Depth of cut is 0.025" per pass Total depth to create 5/8" hex size is 0.1025". Spin Index turned 60 degrees and then G-Code started again. I arrived at these values by trial and error using the MDI interface. Once I had a reasonable set of movements I used the capture highlighted MDI commands to clip board. First time for that. Then paste into text file. Add a few more G-Code items. Then save and load into AXIS. And run. After the first couple of flats I started doing other things. When the spindle stopped went over and rotated. And yes Andy Pugh, I really do need to get my STMBL driven Harmonic Drive going... <GRIN> Anyway, my question. With a bit of oil on the part the chips come off smoking. How's my speed? Too fast? Too slow? Just ..... right? (I sound like goldilocks and the 3 bears). The second part had a small disaster but I'll comment on that in a separate posting. John _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
