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  1. #1
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    what is free form machining

    i want areport in free form machining plz

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    That's where you take an ugly chunk of steel that has been hacked off with an oxyacetylene torch with too small of a tip, and try to smooth the edge with an angle grinder

    First you get good, then you get fast. Then grouchiness sets in.

    (Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)

  3. #3
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    Free Form refers to optical lenses or similar surfaces- not only are they aspherised, but they may also be deliberately non symetrical.

    It's what I make

    For more info look on any good optical site. Hang on I'll find something that I read last month about Free Forming:

    http://www.photonics.com/content/spe...res/84223.aspx
    I love deadlines- I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

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