01-02-2015, 01:36 PM
(01-02-2015, 12:57 PM)the penguin Wrote: It looks like he stopped the cutting before the cutter touched the other end of the material. if you have a 7" cutting diameter and only a 6" long piece of material, you could get that pattern, if you stop before the cutter touches the material on the other side of the cutter's diameter. I hope that makes sense.
I've never used a fly cutter, I've always used a face mill, I have a nice Walter F4041, that Ken helped me get.
Jack,
If you're talking about my picture, I did traverse the entire length until the trailing sweep of the cutter cleared the workpiece. It cut on both the leading sweep and the trailing sweep. I'm not sure why I didn't get the crosshatch pattern though. I'll save that mystery for another day.
Oh, and I got that same face mill from Ken but unfortunately my mill doesn't like it.
Ed