Originally Posted by lerman Does OneCNC support thread milling (generation of helical paths with lead in and out)? If so, will it support a fourth axis to tilt the head in order to correct for the helix angle?
Thanks,
Ken |
Wow, I've never thought of trying to do thread milling that way. Unless you are milling some extreme leads, this kind of provision is unnecessary. Tilting the head would require a continuous precession motion to tilt the cutter to all planes as the advance is made down the helix. I don't think the shank of the cutter would allow you to get very far down the hole to do this, if you had to
But, I do use OneCNC and a helical path with spiral lead in/lead out for thread milling of standard pitches.