Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] deep pocket milling

Hi Vic:
Have you considered farming that pocket out to get wire EDM cut.
A 6 1/2" deep pocket with a 1/4" corner radius is going to be a pig's
breakfast no matter how you try to mill it.
I'd consider milling it with a 5 axis mill if you can tip the head to pick
out the corners, but having it wired will cost you only a couple of hundred
bucks.
By the time you fart around with it trying to mill it you'll have spent that
much and more, and you'll have a crummy job to boot.
Be a hero, get it wired, take 10% for handling the job, and get it out of
your life.

Cheers

Marcus

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From: Victor Cantu Jr. <victorcantujr@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:44 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] deep pocket milling

> Thanks for the input, and yes I will be using a cnc. unfortunately for

me I don't have a shell mill that long so I think I am going to have to have
to do both sides. I hate doing that!! But I guess getting it done is all
that matters. Thanks again all.

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