Re: Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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Climb milling requires a more sturdy setup.? The tool tends to "climb" out of the cut, and force either the cutter or the work away from each other.? If the work holding is loose enough, then the
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Harvey White
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Re: Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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I believe it's the exact contrary. In conventional the cutter speed is in the same direction as the feed. https://www.harveyperformance.com/in-the-loupe/conventional-vs-climb-milling/ Climb milling is
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Jerry Lee Marcel
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Re: Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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I may have introduced some confusion by referring to non trochoidal milling as "conventional". The normal definition of conventional milling is to move the tool opposite to the direction of the
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John Blanchard
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Re: Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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So clockwise (G02)?
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John Johnson
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Re: Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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All great ideas. Now I drill all holes the same and use hand reamers to enlarge component holes and larger drills for mountiing hole. My only suggestion is to ramp into the PCB rather than plunge. I
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John Blanchard
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Re: Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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Hi Craig, ok, so perhaps I¡¯m too tentative? I had such problems when milling the outer circumferences of my boards, but they where mostly rectangular. That may imply a difference. Gru? Harald
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Harald
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Re: Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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Hi, many of the holes I mill are 3.2mm diameter and bigger, ie they leave a little divot....so what, it still works. I hold the PCB blank down with double sided tape and the little divot mostly stays
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joeaverage
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Re: Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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Hi John, as of my point of view, this feature would be highly appreciated. In the past (and obviously still...) I drill holes on the CNC mill all with the 1 mm drill bit I use for through hole parts
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Harald
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Re: Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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Hi, "I've been thinking about and working on the long-requested (ca. 2018) feature that would let one mill holes of different diameters using an endmill." I've been doing this for years. I use a 1.5mm
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joeaverage
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Re: Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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JJ, You know I couldn't leave this one alone, so find my comments interspersed below. Further, its great to see you posting on a regular basis again. Now on with the thoughts of a weak mind. Most
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Art Eckstein
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Helical milling drill holes with endmill
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Hello Folks, I've been thinking about and working on the long-requested (ca. 2018) feature that would let one mill holes of different diameters using an endmill. I would like your input. * Is this
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John Johnson
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Issue #8 closed - implement always climb milling
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This release implements Harald's code to always conventional mill, leaving better edges. Thanks Harald! Please test if you can. https://github.com/JohnAtl/pcbgcode/releases/tag/v3.6.5-beta Regards,
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John Johnson
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Re: v3.6.4-beta is available for testing
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Aaaaand the link: https://github.com/JohnAtl/pcbgcode/releases/tag/v3.6.4-beta
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John Johnson
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v3.6.4-beta is available for testing
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Hello Folks, This addresses Issue 9 filed by mprowe <https://github.com/JohnAtl/pcbgcode/issues/9>, where the spot drill depth was used for the second and subsequent drill holes. I've marked it as a
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John Johnson
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Updates to Github
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[pcbgcode:master] New Comment on Issue #2 Milling with 3 bits ( https://github.com/JohnAtl/pcbgcode/issues/2 ) By JohnAtl ( https://github.com/JohnAtl ) : Sorry I couldn't get to this. I'm assuming
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[email protected] Integration <pcbgcode@...>
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Updates to Github
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[pcbgcode:master] New Issue Created by mprowe ( https://github.com/mprowe ) : #9 When generating drill file, first drill OK. Remaing drills use "Spot Drill" depth? (
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[pcbgcode:master] reported: When generating drill file, first drill OK. Remaing drills use "Spot Drill" depth?
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[pcbgcode:master] New Comment on Issue #9 When generating drill file, first drill OK. Remaing drills use "Spot Drill" depth? ( https://github.com/JohnAtl/pcbgcode/issues/9 ) By mprowe (
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[pcbgcode:master] reported: When generating drill file, first drill OK. Remaing drills use "Spot Drill" depth?
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[pcbgcode:master] New Comment on Issue #9 When generating drill file, first drill OK. Remaing drills use "Spot Drill" depth? ( https://github.com/JohnAtl/pcbgcode/issues/9 ) By deHarro (
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[pcbgcode:master] reported: When generating drill file, first drill OK. Remaing drills use "Spot Drill" depth?
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[pcbgcode:master] New Comment on Issue #9 When generating drill file, first drill OK. Remaing drills use "Spot Drill" depth? ( https://github.com/JohnAtl/pcbgcode/issues/9 ) By mprowe (
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Updates to Github
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[pcbgcode:master] New Comment on Issue #9 When generating drill file, first drill OK. Remaing drills use "Spot Drill" depth? ( https://github.com/JohnAtl/pcbgcode/issues/9 ) By deHarro (
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