12-10-2013, 08:58 AM
Good point on the accuracy Andrew, hadn't thought of software fixing problems. As for number of strokes, I never counted, can't believe I didn't with the boredom. Took about 1 1/2 hours to cut 8 inches, the distance between the pins, thats about 50 teeth, so 1 1/2 minutes per tooth, probably 1 minute cutting at close to 1 sec per stroke maybe 50 or so strokes. The first say 50 thou depth was effortless, 5 or 10 thou per stroke. the next 50 maybe 3 or 4 and the last 25 1 or 2 thou. Had the clapper box swung at 14 1/2 degree so all the cutting was on one side the same as threading with the compound swung.
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Greg
Greg