Tool Editor / Tool Table

[chrisb]

Anything missing?

I think the counter bore should have a cutting diameter and the number of flutes as well. The letter influences the speed.

[dubstar-04]

Anything missing?

I think the counter bore should have a cutting diameter and the number of flutes as well. The letter influences the speed.

Yes, I agree.

Thank you.

[chrisb]

Dan, I found one more: engravers usually have a tip angle.

[dubstar-04]

Dan, I found one more: engravers usually have a tip angle.

Ha ha, yes I guess some must have!!

Thank you.

[JoshM]

Hi Dan,
I think you may want to add a column with a FIELD containing a TRUE/FALSE Flag indicating whether the tool allows direct vertical cuts. This would allow future OPs to discriminate between Tools do not allow this--such as Thread mills, Dovetails, Slot-cutters, etc... If you did that, I think you also end up requiring an additional ROW for Non-Center-Cutting-Endmills.

Regards,
Josh

[chrisb]

Hi Dan,
I think you may want to add a column with a FIELD containing a TRUE/FALSE Flag indicating whether the tool allows direct vertical cuts. This would allow future OPs to discriminate between Tools do not allow this--such as Thread mills, Dovetails, Slot-cutters, etc... If you did that, I think you also end up requiring an additional ROW for Non-Center-Cutting-Endmills.

Good point. We had this before somewhere, and it is better to include a ramping angle.

[chrisb]

About ramping and further thoughts on tools:
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 31#p201156
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 92#p179371

[dubstar-04]

What about storing speed and feed info for each tool?

[JoshM]

What about storing speed and feed info for each tool?

The challenge there is that the Feeds and Speeds are Tool-Dependent, and Material Dependent. As stands, the Rapids are defined in the JOB->Setup_Spreadsheet, which works well because that is generally only a reflection of what the Machine is capable of, without dependency on Tool or Material. To really achieve what you're getting at would require that the FC3D model--or the Setup_Spreadsheet would reflect the material, and then a Feeds and Speeds calculator would utilize that, in combination with the Tool F&S recommendation to determine Feeds and Speeds for the Operations. The machines Speed capabilities would also enter the algorithm. I have a Taig with 6 pulleys, some people have fixed pully, others have Speeds controllable from their CNC controller using CAM input. I think it gets complex..

Josh

[chrisb]

We had a discussion about that in a topic called Towards a feeds and speeds tool. I have started with a very basic version, but got distracted by other things.