Advanced 3-axis Mill
Final/Machining Project

INTRODUCTION
For your final week 1 machining project you will demonstrate skills such as creating wireframe, creating a solid, and toolpathing a solid.
OBJECTIVES
- Create wireframe
- Create a solid model
- Create planes
- Demonstrate how to toolpath a solid using 2D & 3D toolpaths
INSTRUCTIONS
- All creation and toolpathing will be completed in Mastercam.
- Stock: 4.125 x 1.5 x 1.5
- All feeds and speeds are to be calculated appropriately using the Feeds & Speeds Guide Sheet below.
- All cutting tools used are to be coated carbide.
OP1
- Dynamic OptiRough (rough part to shape)
- Flowline (rough material of tops of the walls, all around)
- Pocket (finish pocket)
- Equal Scallop (surface R.03 all around)
- In the video, it shows a 3/8 inch tool being used. You can use a 1/4 inch tool in its place for the fillets around the part.
OP2
- Face (Flip part over to finish part to size)
Tools
- Tool 4: 3/8 carbide flat end mill
- Tool 5: 3/8 carbide bull-nosed end mill
- Please note: Using this tool can leave a small section in the corner that won't get machined. You can use a 1/4 inch tool in its place for the fillets around the part.
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Save your work in Mastercam often. You don't want to lose hours worth of work if something goes wrong. |
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FILES
The Feeds and Speeds Charts are located here.
BLUEPRINT

SUBMIT
Mastercam.emcam file created for this exercise using the blueprint located on this page.

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