I'm almost to the point of making my first part. I've been doing a lot of thinking about strategies for workholding, programming, etc. I just wanted to get an idea about other peep's strategies for tool changes. As in, do you use the smallest endmill you will need to get all the detail? Or, do you rough with larger tools and then move to smaller ones?
I guess it's nice to have the whole operation done without any toolchanges needed, but if you did that all the time, it seems like the smaller bits would really get worn out. |