[Emc-users] The screw works!

2012-07-23 Thread Gene Heskett
To Andy & Steve; I made another of the dual thread screws yesterday, and can report that it seems to work well. However it seems that I must have a flexibility problem in using a cutoff knife sharpened with a 60 degree V and a slight (10 degree?) hook though. Or it doesn't have sufficient 'he

Re: [Emc-users] The screw works!

2012-07-23 Thread mark center
I use 0 to 5 degree rake and 2 to 3 degrees absolute flank clearance. The compound angle, viewed orthogonal to side view, is about 10 to 15 degrees. The spiral effect (lead angle) causes entering side to be more acute than exit. Nothing is really terribly critical as long as a cutting flank does no

Re: [Emc-users] The screw works!

2012-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 24 July 2012 06:30:42 mark center did opine: > I use 0 to 5 degree rake and 2 to 3 degrees absolute flank clearance. > The compound angle, viewed orthogonal to side view, is about 10 to 15 > degrees. The spiral effect (lead angle) causes entering side to be > more acute than exit. Nothi