plundh
(Peter Lundh)
June 6, 2018, 6:55pm
1
Hi all-
I have a Nomad 883 ‘Classic’. I’ve bought some 3-flute endmills from local UK supplier for milling a CPU heatsink in 6061 aluminium.
How do I edit tool settings (feeds and speeds) in MeshCAM to account for the extra flute?
Btw, has anyone made an aluminium heatsink with the Nomad?
Many thanks!
-Peter
WillAdams
(William Adams (Carbide 3D))
June 6, 2018, 7:51pm
2
Just edit the tool description to change the # of flutes from 2 to 3 using some substantively similar tool as a basis.
plundh
(Peter Lundh)
June 19, 2018, 1:20pm
3
Thanks WillAdams! However, I can not find where to change the number of flutes in either MeshCam 6, or 7beta told descriptions. (However, I can still ‘estimate’ change of DOC, RPM, feed and plunge settings depending on number of flutes). Best. -Peter
WillAdams
(William Adams (Carbide 3D))
June 19, 2018, 1:58pm
4
My apologies, thought MeshCAM was the same as Carbide Create on this — you are correct, MeshCAM doesn’t seem to have a place to enter # of flutes.