Barrell Mill Supplier

[The Cathedral]

Does anyone have a good source for buying barrel mills for 3D profiling? Like the ones offered by Emuge. I figured they must be prolific enough now that Mastercam offers a geometry option for them when you create a new tool. However, I can't seem to find anything but burrs, and I need an actual endmill. Any thoughts?

 

[Mr. M]

Harvey tool is one I've used

[The Cathedral]

I didn't see one in their catalog. The picture is deceiving--it's not an straight-angled side, it's actually a radius.

 

[Rstewart]

I've seen pics of the guys at abtoolsinc.com   Making some of them, think they're fair priced too

[crazy^millman]

Been consider giving them a try, but not sure how well they will work on thin walled parts. Seems like a lot of tool pressure.

[Mr. M]

Ahh. I see now. I'll be no help

[The Cathedral]

I think I'm going to give one a try. I'm actually going to use in on a 3-axis horizontal. It's doing a tapered bore, and nothing I couldn't just use a regular ballnose for, except I'm looking at cycle time. If I could cut the cycle time by 50-60% by doubling or tripling the DOC and still get an acceptable finish, I think it would be worth it. Plus the quotes I've got so far haven't been too extreme to scare me away.

 

I'll let everyone know if/when it works out.

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

 

 

Harvey tool is one I've used

 

So was it a custom?  I'm not seeing it there.

[YoDoug®]

It's been a while since I have programmed 5 axis swarf in MCAM. Does MCAM now support Barrel tools for 5X? 

[The Cathedral]

It's been a while since I have programmed 5 axis swarf in MCAM. Does MCAM now support Barrel tools for 5X? 

 

Mastercam does support it, but it only works using the multiaxis toolpaths. "Regular" toolpaths don't recognize it and treat it as a bullnose.