Originally Posted by g-codeguy  I was hoping to see some intelligent answers here. Don't know if it is because we seldom get a knurling job, but knurling has always been a PIA for me. Most are done using X-axis to push the knurl into the part. I assume this is what you call "bump knurling". We did straddle knurl one job. Broke the knurling tool twice. 
Picked up a used Hardinge not long ago that came with a knurling tool I hadn't seen before. Looks like you cut with the edge of the tool, and feed in from Z-axis.
I know that pitch and diameter are tied together, but that knowledge doesn't seem to help me much. Must admit that knurling is a subject I never researched.
Surely there must be someone on this forum that could enlighten us!
BTW, what do I need on my computer to open a .dxf file? Autocad? Know a .dxf file can be imported into MasterCam. |
AutoCAD will open dxf's, but you can use this to open it:
http://www.solidworks.com/pages/prod...gs/viewer.html