Help No way to adjust a compiled program with wear?

[louJay69]

real simple :

 

internal Octagon with 15 degree draft inward turned cone with lathe operation initially!

Used 2-D sweep to do internal oct  1/4 radi in corners used flat end mill then added another 2D-sweep to cut to 0 with Ball end mill and take out steps! Looks great on simulation.

not touching part so goto use wear on endmill compensation! No cant do that ?  WTF?  Any suggestions besides going in every time and changing tool diameter ?

 

 

[Leon82]

I suppose you can pay for 3d cutter compensation the control but it may be cheaper to adjust the program.

 

Pick an endmill and use a shrink holder or indicate it in a collet.  

 

Always buy the same endmill and use they same holder setup

[louJay69]

so the solution is to buy a different machine with 3D cutter compensation   Its the fact that i have to adjust a program and re compile it constantly!

So if i write the program in straight G code  i can use the simple wear compensation on the standard CNC Mill I own but if i use the overpriced bug ridden user unfriendly unorthodox  Mastercam i either have to recompile the program constantly in a production environment or buy a differant CNC

[Leon82]

 

So they are all 2d paths?

You can use a regular contour with tapered walls wear will work on that