Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] deep pocket milling

At 00:59 30/03/2001 +0000, you wrote:

>--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@e..., Tony Jeffree <tony@j...> wrote:
> > At 21:56 29/03/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> > >--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@e..., "Marcus & Eva" <implmex@a...> wrote:
> > > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >How do you wire a pocket?
> >
> > Is this one of those Zen puzzles, like "What is the sound of one
>hand
> > clapping"?
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tony
>
>No Tony,
>Wire eroders work by passing a moving length of electrically charged
>wire though the work. Because of this they can only do thru shapes,
>never closed pockets.

Yes, John. And hence my the allusion to the "one hand clapping"
puzzle. <Sigh> Jokes never work so well when you have to explain 'em...

Regards,
Tony