Hi All,
I attempted some 3D surface milling for the first time (newbie here). Can anyone give me some pointers or rules-of-thumb that cleans up the side walls? As you can see in the attached, the longer half round which is .076" dia. (which I am doing with a .040" dia. ball mill) has two long extra material on the sides. My thought was to do a finishing operation that will move in the Y axis (up and down the channel) before stepping over in the X...but I get a lot of rest material with this method also, depending on the step move....maybe that is the way to do it, but make the step .001 (i.e. very small)?.
I understand that I could buy a ball mill at .076" (or close to it) to do the channel, but I'll have the same issued in the other pocket and I need to use a small BM here anyway.
Thanks for any input.
Paul
I attempted some 3D surface milling for the first time (newbie here). Can anyone give me some pointers or rules-of-thumb that cleans up the side walls? As you can see in the attached, the longer half round which is .076" dia. (which I am doing with a .040" dia. ball mill) has two long extra material on the sides. My thought was to do a finishing operation that will move in the Y axis (up and down the channel) before stepping over in the X...but I get a lot of rest material with this method also, depending on the step move....maybe that is the way to do it, but make the step .001 (i.e. very small)?.
I understand that I could buy a ball mill at .076" (or close to it) to do the channel, but I'll have the same issued in the other pocket and I need to use a small BM here anyway.
Thanks for any input.
Paul