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General Mach Discussion / Re: 2 Questions
« on: December 28, 2008, 01:49:08 PM »
As usual, the forum community comes through with excellent information, and I thank you all once again. Here are 2 more questions that I am now at the point of dealing with:
1.) Suppose I want to route out a flat, level area that is in the shape of, say, a star, in flat material, and I want to have fairly sharp corners. I will use the offset tool set for a 1/8th inch end mill bit, which will give me satisfactorily sharp points on the star. But the star is large, and I don't want to have to route the whole thing with a 1/8th inch bit. How do I write the program to allow for a tool change to a, say, 1/2 inch end mill?
2.)I have used a 1/8th inch end mill to define a work area on my table by drilling down into the table with the bit at the 4 corners of the work rectangle. I have zeroed the xy to the lower left corner of that rectangle by setting the zeroes at the place where I drilled that hole. I then drew lines on the table that touch the outside edges of each 1/8th inch hole. Should I change the xy zero locations to account for the center of the bit being 1/16th of an inch from the line? Will the software know to offset from that 00 location when I change bit sizes?
Thanks again, and Happy Holidays to All,
Bob
1.) Suppose I want to route out a flat, level area that is in the shape of, say, a star, in flat material, and I want to have fairly sharp corners. I will use the offset tool set for a 1/8th inch end mill bit, which will give me satisfactorily sharp points on the star. But the star is large, and I don't want to have to route the whole thing with a 1/8th inch bit. How do I write the program to allow for a tool change to a, say, 1/2 inch end mill?
2.)I have used a 1/8th inch end mill to define a work area on my table by drilling down into the table with the bit at the 4 corners of the work rectangle. I have zeroed the xy to the lower left corner of that rectangle by setting the zeroes at the place where I drilled that hole. I then drew lines on the table that touch the outside edges of each 1/8th inch hole. Should I change the xy zero locations to account for the center of the bit being 1/16th of an inch from the line? Will the software know to offset from that 00 location when I change bit sizes?
Thanks again, and Happy Holidays to All,
Bob