172 8 Milling and Drilling
8.1 Milling and Drilling
Add a corner blend radius or a chamfer to the corners of the
rectangular frame.
For Direction, press either the CW soft key for a clockwise cutting
direction or the CCW soft key for a counter-clockwise cutting
direction.
ARROW DOWN or press the More soft key and select the Tool Offset.
ARROW DOWN or press the More soft key and enter the table’s feed rate.
Enter the Center X and Y axes coordinates.
You can tilt a rectangular frame by identifying a tilt angle. Highlight
the Angle field and enter an angle measured from the X axis.
Finish:
Finish allows you to leave some excess material that will be removed
during the finish cut reducing tool marks. The finish cut will
automatically arc on and arc off.
Enter the amount of material to be removed during the finish cut in
the Cut field.
Enter the Feed Rate for the finish cut.
Select the finish cut’s Direction. Press the CW soft key for a
clockwise direction or the CCW soft key for a counter-clockwise
direction.
Press the USE key.
If the tool size and type listed in the Tool field are incorrect, change the
tool settings before running your program.
Tool path description:
Machining of the frame begins at the center of the line forming the
top of the rectangle.
The tool plunges at the Z feed rate.
The frame is milled in the direction programmed (CW or CCW)
The Z step size is determined by the system and will not exceed the
specified distance or number of passes.
The side finish allowance is optional and is only applicable to frames
with a tool offset. If specified, this amount is left on the side of the
frame to be removed on the finish pass.
When finish feed is 0, the finish pass will be skipped.
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