Thread Milling - Conventional - VMX-64 w/UltiMAX 4

[W8WCA]

We have never done any thread milling before.

I have looked over some old posts but still have questions.

We are planning on making M37-1.5 Nuts .3125 Thick

We have a Kennametal Thread Milling cutter TM25D81L150Z3 and it takes 3 InsertsTM25N150ISO
They are 25 MM Long with 1.5 Pitch

1st thing is: Should I tell the Controller it is a Tap or an End Mill?
There is no thread Mill option for tool type

I know from what I have seen in posts: Helix is the key to getting it programed.

I have seen posts that say to Not use Tool Comp and some that say to use Tool Comp

Any help or guidance will be greatly appreciated

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[Minteehippo920]

We have never done any thread milling before.

I have looked over some old posts but still have questions.

We are planning on making M37-1.5 Nuts .3125 Thick

We have a Kennametal Thread Milling cutter TM25D81L150Z3 and it takes 3 InsertsTM25N150ISO
They are 25 MM Long with 1.5 Pitch

1st thing is: Should I tell the Controller it is a Tap or an End Mill?
There is no thread Mill option for tool type

I know from what I have seen in posts: Helix is the key to getting it programed.

I have seen posts that say to Not use Tool Comp and some that say to use Tool Comp

Any help or guidance will be greatly appreciated

I can literally email you an Ultimax program that would work for this if you don't have a solution yet.. or I could
teach you how to program threadmilling on ultimax. I run a
Vmx64 but I have winmax.. though I have plenty of experience
With ultimax. My email is minteehippo920@gmail.com if you
Want some help. Also if you have it figured already... I still would highly recommend a piece of software called
"METHREADPAL" I'm pretty sure it's free and it's a very useful program for calculating almost any aspect of any a pacific tolerance to any feature of any thread in any class/type.

[Minteehippo920]

We have never done any thread milling before.

I have looked over some old posts but still have questions.

We are planning on making M37-1.5 Nuts .3125 Thick

We have a Kennametal Thread Milling cutter TM25D81L150Z3 and it takes 3 InsertsTM25N150ISO
They are 25 MM Long with 1.5 Pitch

1st thing is: Should I tell the Controller it is a Tap or an End Mill?
There is no thread Mill option for tool type

I know from what I have seen in posts: Helix is the key to getting it programed.

I have seen posts that say to Not use Tool Comp and some that say to use Tool Comp

Any help or guidance will be greatly appreciated

Have you gotten this sorted yet? I'd be glad to help if you still need it.