Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] milling fine detail in metal

Hi

Simple exlanation - Murphy's Law or Mrs. Murphy's Law.

(Mrs. Murphys Law = "Murphy was an optimist")

Jim Gregg.
At 02:54 PM 8/25/00 -0400, you wrote:

>Bernard,
>I am also in the jewellery industry and cut extensively with micro end

mills. We just finished 6 tools that required lettering in S7

>tool steel using a .1mm (.0005") flat end mill.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<< CUT >>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

>We were lucky with the first end mill as it did accomplish three of the

tools we were building, however for some unearthly reason,

>it took 4 end mills to finish the last three tools. Speeds and feeds were

unchanged, so go figure.

>Good Luck and Best Regards.
>Neil George