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Re: Setting up end mills for CNC, and other things.

Posted by ballendo@y...
on 2001-06-18 19:57:25 UTC
Marcus,

Excellent post.

Thank you.

Ballendo

P.S. I would not recommend using the "offset from the shortest tool"
approach that Jon E uses. The previous post about using a long tool
so that mistakes cut air is on the money, IMO...

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Marcus & Eva" <implmex@a...> wrote:
> Hi All:
> I've been following the tool length offset discussion with
interest.
> Here are my rules of procedure, for what they're worth:
>
> 1) I always set the top of the stock to be Z0 <snip>

Discussion Thread

Fitch R. Williams 2001-06-16 20:20:23 UTC Setting up end mills for CNC, and other things. Jon Elson 2001-06-16 23:00:21 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Setting up end mills for CNC, and other things. dougrasmussen@c... 2001-06-16 23:36:29 UTC Re: Setting up end mills for CNC, and other things. Chris Stratton 2001-06-17 04:58:10 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Setting up end mills for CNC, and other things. Fitch R. Williams 2001-06-17 07:34:35 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Setting up end mills for CNC, and other things. Fitch R. Williams 2001-06-17 07:44:16 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Setting up end mills for CNC, and other things. Fitch R. Williams 2001-06-17 07:56:37 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Setting up end mills for CNC, and other things. Marcus & Eva 2001-06-17 08:43:57 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Setting up end mills for CNC, and other things. ballendo@y... 2001-06-18 19:57:25 UTC Re: Setting up end mills for CNC, and other things.