Dynamic Mill

[Born to machine]

Hi All,

In dynamic mill is there a way to force the tool to continuously be cutting my part rather than looping back and taking swipes on one side then looping back to the other side to take more cuts?

Thanks

[Colin Gilchrist]

48 minutes ago, Born to machine said:

Hi All,

In dynamic mill is there a way to force the tool to continuously be cutting my part rather than looping back and taking swipes on one side then looping back to the other side to take more cuts?

Thanks

Yes, set the motion to Zig-zag instead of "climb".

[Steelab]

Something else that helps if you want to maintain cut direction(because zig-zag will switch from climb to conventional) is to change the entry method to "Profile" or "Medial"(depending on the pocket shape).

 

I've found this especially helpful in long narrow pockets or when pocketing letters. It will still do some looping at the end to clean up corners but the initial shape will be close to the finished shape so it will spiral out in an efficient shape for what you're cutting.

 

Also, be sure to set your back feedrate to something closer to your rapid speed so the loops at the end don't take forever >.<

 

 

[Born to machine]

thanks all!