Corner Overcut For Pocket

[ThisAmplifierIsLoud]

Indeed, a good idea, too !

+1 !

[Bob La Londe]

I don't think a small circle helps much since the cutter will still need to engage 100% as it goes in.  More important to control the feed rate for the corner overcut.

 

It rotates around a curve into the cut rather than just jamming it directly into the corner like a stick.  I have done it several times and the result is much less aggressive.  I even posted about it here, and made a video about making wrenches that covered it.  It helps quite a bit.  More than you would think.  Its a CAD solution to the problem.  I can understand why folks would be resistant to it since its a little bit more work to setup, but for me its worth it because I wound up make a bunch of those wrenches.  Its not an idea I was speculating about.  Its a concept I tested. 

[Bob La Londe]

I don't think a small circle helps much since the cutter will still need to engage 100% as it goes in.  More important to control the feed rate for the corner overcut.

 

It rotates around a curve into the cut rather than just jamming it directly into the corner like a stick.  I have done it several times and the result is much less aggressive.  I even posted about it here, and made a video about making wrenches that covered it.  It helps quite a bit.  More than you would think.  Its a CAD solution to the problem.  I can understand why folks would be resistant to it since its a little bit more work to setup, but for me its worth it because I wound up make a bunch of those wrenches.  Its not an idea I was speculating about.  Its a concept I tested.

Here is a quick and dirty example that illustrates the point.  Typically I make the circle a very slightly larger diameter than the cutter.  The net result is a good fitting part that I can run faster with less chirp from chatter in the corners. 

In this example I used a 1/4inch (0.250) end mill and made the little over cut circle 1/100 inch larger (0.010).  It works with dead on size circles too, but by going slightly larger you all but eliminate chatter.

[Bob La Londe]

Both cuts overlaid on each over for comparison. 

[jimmer]

+1 to the Request for Pocket corner overcut (with feed reduction?)

I don't buy the 'use a finishing MOP argument' following that logic you would remove the final stepover parameter. Or even why have a pocket MOP at all, just use lots of profile MOPS, they are free after all 

Thinking about it, feed reduction on the profile corner overcut would be helpful. The problem is the jarring delta between a normal finishing cut stepover (0.1?) and the corner overcut full face.

Whereas when pocketing I'm taking a bigger cut eg 0.75 stepover and I'm already hitting full face cutting in every (square) corner.  So my feedrate is already one than can take full face cutting.   

[EddyCurrent]

A new corner overcut feature has been added to the fillet chamfer plugin (version 0.6 only), maybe it can be useful in the absence of a true overcut pocket mop, it  more or less uses Bob's idea.

http://www.atelier-des-fougeres.fr/Cambam/Aide/Plugins/fillet-chamfer.html

[dh42]

Hello

Not exactly related to "overcut in pocket", but another way to avoid to stress the tool with overcuts and hard materials that I've used is to drill the overcuts instead to cut them at the same time of the profile mop.

The workflow

- generate the toolpath of a profile mop with corner overcut set to true
- creates a new layer and use "toolpath to geometries" to get the polylines that match the toolpath we just calculate.
- with the snap to object enabled and the snap to grid disabled, make a point at each ends of the overcuts
- use this point list with a drill mop and the appropriate tool diameter (the same used to calculate the overcuts in the profile mop)

On the video, I forgot to move the drill mop before the profile mop (I guess it's better to drill first)


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David

[ThisAmplifierIsLoud]

I am still hoping for a real coner overcut.
I do not like to do any extras to achive this.
Should not be much effort fot the developers, cause it´s already working fine in profile inside mop.

I am not only the greatest lazybone under the sun -
for I am not CAMBAMming 12h/day there´s a good chance to forget someting
... so yesterday I damaged an expensive piece if material.
(not CAMBAM´s fault, just mine mine : I forgot to make this damned extra mop - for free or not  )

Before I used CAMBAM I used ESTLCAM.
The only 2 things I am missing using CAMBAM : Pocket corner overcut & defining the cutting order.

Best regards and please have mercy on me !

Bernhard