Creating Double Angle Mill / V8.1.1

[n_tydingco]

I need to cut grooves on the OD of a part using a 60 degree double angle milling cutter with the following parameters:

 

DIA = .75

Thickness = .1875

HSS

 

How can I create that tool in V8.1.1?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Keith Graydon]

Hi Norbert,

 

Create the tool profile as an .mc8 file. only one side is nesessary.. 0,0,0, is centerline at tool tip. save it down with appropriate name.. eg: 60degtol.mc8.

then, go to, contour/create new tool/tool type tab/press-undefined/press- help/read topic-"about custom tool profiles".

 

It sounds like a lot of stuff but it is really very straight foward.

 

HTH

-KLG

[n_tydingco]

Thank you Keith. I'll give it a try right now.

[McRae]

As a continuation of this - can one design a solid tool model, define the control point and have MasterCAM drive it across a surface (and fully gouge checked against all surrounding surfaces)?

 

[ 06-05-2002, 12:36 PM: Message edited by: MfgEng ]

[Keith Graydon]

something like this was just covered in a recent thread.

ah. undercutting dovetail i think

klg

[n_tydingco]

Hi Keith,

 

I tried going through the steps you had outlined with the exception of:

quote:

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then, go to, contour/create new tool/tool type tab/press-undefined/press- help/read topic-"about custom tool profiles".

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For this step I went to NC Utils/Def. Tools/Library; right-click, create new tool; and select Custom Tool Profile from the Define Tools tab menu. I tried several options including Undefined Tool, Slot Mill, End Mill, and Dovetail and have not had any success.

 

I read through the help file but was unable to rectify the problem as I created the tool geometry to the 1 inch dimension as detailed and also to the actual dimensions on the cutter.

 

Any other ideas?