Lathe groove

[Randy Morton @ Clem Industrial]

I am doing a face groove with angled sides on it. It cuts down the middle first, then finishes the entire chain, basically backcutting on the tool. How do I avoid that?

[Randy Morton @ Clem Industrial]

BUMP

[Hymen]

look for the smooth wall radio button.

I'm not sure I fully understand what you want?

[crazy^millman]

Have your tried finish contour using that tool in which to finish the part. Set the path to be face and see what that does?

[Camdude®]

+1 to Crazy

i use the groove rough option only then use a finish pass to clean up the part.

[crazy^millman]

Also another solution to this problem is make your chain for your groove into 2 side and overlap your Chains. I put them on seperate levels or make them different colors seperate of the chain I use for roughing.

 

HTH

[Jeremy Grigsby]

There is a box that you put an overlap in for the groove finish toolpath. It shows cut one, and you drag the outline of the tool to the position you want. Then cut two, and you drag it until you see the two cuts overlap. You use the same geometry you intialy chained. It may only give you that option if you select chain as the method of defining your groove. Look in the lower middle section of groove finish parameters, and click select overlap

[Jeremy Grigsby]

oh, also take advantage of the pecking. It posts out a long bit of code, but it saves you from having to pull chips out of your groove during the cycle. It's under groove rough parameters in the lower left corner. Again this is for a chained groove.