Afternoon,
I have recently been exposed to a rather interesting concept called "Higbee Threading". I understand the concept and agree that it works but trying to get FeatureCam to accomplish this is... well... a trick. The process, if you are not already familiar with it, requires the use of a standard turning tool ( preferrably a grooving tool ) to come back in after the threading tool has run and, running in a threading canned cycle, remove the leading "waste" that is established when cutting threads. The idea of using the threading cycle keeps the grooving tool in sync with the threads and therefore, if the length of cut (one thread length) and depth of cut are set correctly on the grooving tool, it effectively removes ONLY unneeded material.
The question is, how can you get the software to run a grooving tool in a canned threading cycle on a 45 degree angle so we can see the visual representation of this process?
Thanks for any input on this matter.