Problem with Dovetail Gadget

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piccyman2
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Problem with Dovetail Gadget

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Hello
The small problem i have is when cutting the fingers, the drill bit cuts down to the bottom of the finger then moves along the hole than comes up, surely this cannot be correct and it must put too much load on the 3mm endmill.
Looking at the videos it looks like the bit only moves when the above the material, but i cannot be sure.

What ami i doing wrong?

piccyman2
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Re: Problem with Dovetail Gadget

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no one?

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Adrian
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Re: Problem with Dovetail Gadget

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To be honest I don't understand the question. How do you expect it to work if it doesn't move through the material?

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Re: Problem with Dovetail Gadget

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The bit moves into the material at full depth rather than the bit coming out of the material and then moving and then plunging into to the material.
I am cutting at 18mm and moving a 3mm bit into the material at full depth isn't very good for the bit.

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Re: Problem with Dovetail Gadget

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Have you checked the pass depth on the bit in the tool database? I haven't used the gadget for a while and I'm not at my main machine at the moment but I don't recall it cutting in a single pass when I used it.

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Re: Problem with Dovetail Gadget

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yep 1.3mm

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Re: Problem with Dovetail Gadget

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( box2 )
( File created: Thursday May 12 2016 - 05:10 PM)
( for Mach2/3 from Vectric )
( Material Size)
( X= 160.000, Y= 430.000, Z= 15.100)
()
(Toolpaths used in this file:)
(dovetails2)
(Profile 4)
(Tools used in this file: )
(61 = End Mill {2.93 mm})
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N120G71G91.1
N130T61M06
N140 (End Mill {2.93 mm})
N150G00G43Z30.001H61
N160S12000M03
N170(Toolpath:- dovetails2)
N180()
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N250G1X111.599Z0.000
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N290G1X111.599Z0.000
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N420G1Y120.766
N430G1X110.278Z-15.100
N440G1Y119.573
N450G1X111.599Z0.000
N460G1Y118.381
N470G1X110.278Z-15.100
N480G1Z30.000
N490G00X103.556Y132.689
N500G1Z0.000F1400.0

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