When using the bore option in Fusion 360, what is the recommended endmill size to hole size?
Specifically, for a 3.3mm diameter hole, is a 3.175mm diameter endmill small enough? It seems Fusion lets me generate the toolpath, but is there enough of a difference in the diameters?
Cutting aluminum with the carbide3d 102-Z (it is 2 flute)
In addition, that last topic I saw when searching the internet was that, for boring holes, conventional cut with only 1 pass gave the best holes. Is that recommendation still applicable today with a Shapeoko 3 and HDZ?
Edit: So it figures, just after posting this, I found a Winston Moy video where he recommends a 10% difference. I’m not sure if that is material independent as in the video he was working with wood
I’ve found (through the school of dumb luck and broken end mills) that using a endmill 60-80% of the hole diameter works really well and is quite forgiving.
You can make a tighter fit work - but it just increases the chance of it not working out quite right (typically skipping steps on the Z, snapping the bit, or having to use a very slow feed rate).
I drill and tap M3 holes quite often (both operations on the Shapeoko) - so I mill the 2.5mm hole with a 1.5mm or 2mm single flute.
It’s also different between Carbide Create and other tools, like Fusion. If the tool isn’t small enough (I think it was 10-15% smaller?) CC won’t attempt to use the tool for the hole and it can a bit confusing as to why.