Hi we are machining an aluminium plate 40x170x200mm Long. Currently it is machined on two machines (CNC Mill, Lathe, the back to the mill.) I beleive it can be done on the CNC Mill alone.
The 40mm is faced down to 39mm (Machined both sides) - This is the only reason the lathe is being used as the cut is continuous and there are no step over marks. If we do this operation with a facemill on the CNC mill, we end up with step over marks on the face because the cutter dia. is not big enough to take one cut accross the whole face.
Besides buying a larger facemill, does any one have any ideas to eliminate the step over marks on when using the cnc mill?
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