If I’m holding an unmarked V-bid in my hand, my untrained eye has difficulty distinguishing between 90° and 60°. I have a few improperly cut inlays (scraps) as a result of this error.
When I’m in Carbide Motion and I position the bit 6mm above the Z origin I never have a quick and easy way to measure that 6 mm.
The ugly little “tool” pictured below solves both of these problems for me…
6mm with V bit angles.c2d (44 KB)
Nice!
If you haven’t put this up on Cutrocket, please do so — I’m sure a lot of folks would find that helpful.
This may give Gregg an idea on another project. @MacGregg
So, how can we simple shop owners measure the “true” angle of our bits with an angle; e.g. v-bits and taper ball nose bits.
Is there a simple less expensive tool that will give respectable numbers?
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A simple protractor.
So, John, how would you make that work in this situation? How accurate would your solution be?
Put one side the cutter on the inside flat bottom of the protractor. Move the arm against the other side of the cutter and read the angle. It’s not going to be super accurate but how many 64.1º cutters do you have? It’s a quick cheap way to determine the angle of a standard cutter most people use.
