Re: Calculations for XL 037 pullies and cutters

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., machines@n... wrote:

> The XL range of pullies all have a pitch of 0.200"
> The included angle of the cutter is 50 degrees and the width of the
> cutter at the tip is 0.052"
>
> Outside diameter is found by subtracting a constant K from the PCD.
> Same example again:-
> 1.910 - 0.020 = 1.890" dia
> The constant K is 0.020 for the whole of the XL range.
>
> Last piece of information needed is the depth of the cutter infeed.
> Again this is constant throughout the XL range at 0.065" deep.

Thanks for the information. The "K" has been the problem for me. Do
you know how it is derived? Richard