thread milling

[jrykrl]

I can create my thread milling tool, but upon posting the program, it only does one revolution.  Is this normal?  can I get more than one step?

[Guest]

It sounds like you have your threadmill tool defined with enough teeth to complete the feature with one cut...

That is determined the the number of active teeth on the cut parameters tab

If you click down in the tree to Multi-passess, you can select multiple passes on that tab and set how you would  like them

 

hth

[jrykrl]

So, if i say it has one tooth (insert redneck joke here..)  I should get more revs??

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, jrykrl said:

So, if i say it has one tooth (insert redneck joke here..)  I should get more revs??

Yes, so long as the number of teeth is less than the depth needed, it will create extra passes around...

Try 1 tooth then tell it 10 teeth, you'll see the difference

[jrykrl]

Thank you sir!!!