FBM Drill & Mill

[adperfo]

i was just wondering wih tutorial properly explanes the FBM Drill & Mill.  I'm working with 2018  mill. I've been in the cnc world in tool & die for 20 years and hearing lot of controversy on these toolpaths....are they worth the hasle or not??  Any thought are welcome

[JParis]

Simply put, not for everything, no but they have their place

[adperfo]

yeah ...i was told that you could link a diam hole with a series of sequences  .  say a .313 dia. hole drill and tap and .312 dia. hole drill and ream but i was never able to make it happen

[JParis]

9 minutes ago, adperfo said:

yeah ...i was told that you could link a diam hole with a series of sequences  .  say a .313 dia. hole drill and tap and .312 dia. hole drill and ream but i was never able to make it happen

It has to be setup up to process properly..IOW, you have to teach it how you want hole sizes processed

[adperfo]

that i understood ..just don't know how   That's why was looking for the proper tutoriel but it's not easy to know with covers the topic

[JParis]

Contact your reseller, they should be able to help you out