Identifying a radius mill

[mike561h]

Just wondering. why you can only identify the

shank diameter and not the diameter of the head. For instance the 3/32 radius end mill has a 3/8 shank and a 1/2 inch head the radius is on.

[Superman]

The other major dim you left out is the "Base Dia" as it is this Ø that mastercam uses,

the head Ø is not used in the toolpath cals, only visual

 

Head dia = (Radform x 2) + Base dia

working backwards for 1/2" head, the base dia is 5/16"

[Code_Breaker]

I suggest you make your own custom tool and put it on a level ... that way if you "share" the file, the custom tool goes with it ...

 

Also, you will notice the same problem with center drills ... there are more than one company making center drill and they are not alway standardized ... usually make a custom tool for these as well ...

 

$.02

[gcode]

We've got our custom tool library on the network

using a file as the definiton.

That way the custom tool is readily available

for another project.

Once you get the network tool libraary linked in your machine def, the link will stick and the tools will come in properly for anybody

who opens the file on any PC.

This assumes all your machine def's and posts are on the network

[mike561h]

Thanks guys.

[Code_Breaker]

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This assumes all your machine def's and posts are on the network

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True ... but I have seen these files get modified for another job instead of making their own ... also, when I work at home, it is easier to remember the one file than trying to remember all the tools files that goes along with that file ...

 

Maybe, it just me, I like to make life easy ...

 

PS ... I do same the geometry into a separate file to import into the main file so I don't have to keep re-inventing the proverbial wheel.