Closed 3D Slot - ZigZag

[winywohlwend]

Hello to all Mastercam masters

I'm working on the fretslots for a fretboard of an electric guitar. The slots are closed 3D slots with a width of 0.56mm. For that I have a 0.56mm flat endmill. I chose the 3D contour toolpath which actually works very well.

The only thing is that I can't get a zigzag motion. The endmill goes from start to end retracts and goes back to start. It's not a big deal but it would be great if it would work with zigzag.

Can someone give me advice on how to do this? I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thank you very much!!

Winy Wohlwend

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1 hour ago, winywohlwend said:

Hello to all Mastercam masters

I'm working on the fretslots for a fretboard of an electric guitar. The slots are closed 3D slots with a width of 0.56mm. For that I have a 0.56mm flat endmill. I chose the 3D contour toolpath which actually works very well.

The only thing is that I can't get a zigzag motion. The endmill goes from start to end retracts and goes back to start. It's not a big deal but it would be great if it would work with zigzag.

Can someone give me advice on how to do this? I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thank you very much!!

Winy Wohlwend

you can use pocket with pattern you want then use surface project

[winywohlwend]

pocket doesn't work..I guess because the endmill's diameter is the same as the slot/pocket's width....

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9 minutes ago, winywohlwend said:

pocket doesn't work..I guess because the endmill's diameter is the same as the slot/pocket's width....

in that case could you just use contour ?

you can also cheat by lying to mastercam about the size of tool or pocket to get it to work

[winywohlwend]

As I wrote in my first post I use the 3D contour toolpath but there is no option for zigzag.....

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2 minutes ago, winywohlwend said:

As I wrote in my first post I use the 3D contour toolpath but there is no option for zigzag.....

you can use slotmill to go back and forth and then project that

you can aLSO use surface finish flowline and project that

[winywohlwend]

Äh.....Sorry, I am a newbie and I don't understand what exactly you mean by "porject"??

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you can use offset chains with slightly less than the radius of the tool

then surface flat boundary

then flowline then project

[Tim Johnson]

Draw your own zigzag geometry as you want the path to be and use contour.

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surface finish project

[winywohlwend]

is there a video somewhere which shows how that works?

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check out Giang the Tool on youtube

 

anyway on the third page you choose the operation to project, thats about it, 

[winywohlwend]

@Tim Johnson

Thank you very much! I know that but I wanted to know if there's an easier way to do.

Winy

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Thank you very much for your help. I will deal with it.

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5 minutes ago, winywohlwend said:

@Tim Johnson

Thank you very much! I know that but I wanted to know if there's an easier way to do.

Winy

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Thank you very much for your help. I will deal with it.

glad i could be of some assistance ,