HELP WITH MACHINING OF CON-ROD

[HEAVY METAL]

I would like some opinions on my strategy for this part. I created a stl file of the stock part which is a burnout. There is about .150 a side material I do not need to machine thru hole on either end. Rest mill tool path then finish horizontal for the flat areas. Going to machine part a little past half way the filp 180 and finish bottom side. This seems like the best path to elimenate alot of air cutting .Just dont do a steady diet of 3d work here . So far in between that its like starting over sometimes .

[Pilot Plant Supervisor]

I would say you're on the right track. I just started using the HST toolpaths, so I'm no expert. I have successfully used rest rough on a couple of jobs, and I Think it should work well. With containments and depth limits, you should be able to do what you are after. When it comes to finishing, I just play around with all the options until I get something I like. Pay attention to the direction of cut. I finished a die that needed more polishing than normal because the tool was climb cutting part of it and conventional cutting part of it. Now that the job is done, I see that I could have used waterline starting from the inside out and I wouldn't have had to polish as the tool would have been in a climb cut all the way.

[HEAVY METAL]

yes my toolpath looks pretty good. The trick will be clamping the part and avoiding the clamps etc. I be playing with the containment and the part is going to be pushing my travel limits so I might have to machine one end and slide. Thats another wrench in the job. Nothing easy LOL

[mkd]

clamp through the holes, that way you don't need to worry about moving/avoiding clamps.