Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Inaccessible milling?

On Fri Jul 18 20:21:04 2003 Harvey White wrote:

>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

Hi guys;

There are also, "universal", heads,that can turn in various directions. If you
can get the head in the hole, you just start chipping away at the inside. It's
most likely that this will result in a hemispherical hollow area inside, not a
hollow box though.

Bill

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