Peel Mill X6

[Hertz]

Hi guys, I'm trying to do a peel mill toolpath in X6 and it is leaving about 1/8" material or so on the wall. I have it to leave .03 and I'm not sure why its staying so far from the wall. Can someone take a look and see if they can figure out what I did wrong?

PEEL MILL.MCX-6

[rocheey1]

It's leaving .080" . Thats from your .050" Rough Offset, and your .03" stock to leave on walls. Reduce one or both of these and you'll be all set.

[Hertz]

Its leaving more than .08. I put the rough stock to 0 and its still leaving a big amount.

[Eric@HorsepowerInc.]

It's leaving .080" . That's from your .050" Rough Offset, and your .03" stock to leave on walls. Reduce one or both of these and you'll be all set.

+1 rough offset to 0 and stock to leave at 0, and it cuts right to the wall.

[Hertz]

+1 rough offset to 0 and stock to leave at 0, and it cuts right to the wall.

 

Mine is not. I must have something else set wrong. I put 0 in both and its still far from the wall.

[Eric@HorsepowerInc.]

Have you slowed it down in verify and taken a close look at the tool? If just looking at the tool path it may appear wrong as you are seeing tool centerline path not the cutting edge.

[Hertz]

Have you slowed it down in verify and taken a close look at the tool? If just looking at the tool path it may appear wrong as you are seeing tool centerline path not the cutting edge.

 

Just did. You guys are correct. Thanks for pointing that out.

[crazy^millman]

Hertz, Eric hit the nail right on the head. BTW nice looking use of the peel mill toolpaths, but yes click on the ! sign in the backplot and you will see it is leaving .03 when you get rid of rough stock. I have never used it so not sure why you need to do. Aslo you do not need the .375 offset if the circle is your material. .1 extra should work just fine. Also if you want lead for the toolpath you have that option in the parameters of the operations.

 

HTH

[Hertz]

Thank you Crazy.

[crazy^millman]

Can I say thank you I like to see other people's ideas on doing things and that was neat to see for me anyway.

[Hertz]

lol, no problem. Glad I could help.

[KMartin]

I have a quick question for you Hertz . What type of material are you cutting .

How well would this toolpath work on tool steel . 2714 or D2 .

[Eric@HorsepowerInc.]

Kmartin I know you asked Hertz but here is my input. The tool path works great on all alloys, pretty much the same as the dynamic tool paths. Allows for full DOC at a controlled step over resulting in better tool life, shorter cycle times(most of the time) and a better MRR. I believe some shops are using this on hardend material. I have cut D2 and A2 using these tool paths with great results. I believe Al from Cimquest once posted a video of a dynamic path cutting a file. Impressive

[Eric@HorsepowerInc.]

I found the link.

 

[crazy^millman]

Eric, yes Al has doen some pretty good stuff with it. I am cutting 4140 and other alloy metals with it along with Titatium. D2 for me is a joy to cut of the tool steel grades. O1 is okay, but A2 lieks to work hardern while cutting and can make it a real challange and these types of toolpaths should eat for luch all day long IMHO.

[Hertz]

What Eric said. I was just cutting 8620. Nothing very hard. But I have cut harder metals and it does really well. I love the dynamic toolpaths.

[reidmachine]

Nice use of peel mill,

I've used the same type of path 1.0" deep in 4340, .05 stepover, 100 ipm @ 4200 rpm on a minimill. .50 dia 5 flute.

All the Dynamic paths are awesome to work with!

[Hertz]

Ya I have used many of the dynamic toolpaths as well. I like them also. Can't beat the MRR especially when you get that whole flute engaged.