Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Inaccessible milling?

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 22:15:02 -0400, you wrote:

>Maybe this is an oft-asked noob question, but how does one typically mill a
>part in which all areas are not directly accessible from overhead as in
>normal overhead milling? For example, say I want to mill out a box whose
>top opening is smaller than the interior area?

As far as I know, you need a way of tilting the tool, which can be
done possibly with a rotary table and the equivalent on the z axis,
the tool can tilt to the vertical, and to do odd angles, you have to
rotate the model, I think it takes a rotary table for that one.

Harvey

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