![]() ![]() “The entire team at ShopWare is fantastic,” Sanders said. That’s where Titletown’s Mastercam Reseller, ShopWare Inc., based in Elgin, Illinois, comes in. Machinists must learn the capabilities of the hardware and software and develop trust in both. Incorporating new processes like this one means getting buy-in from machinists, and that typically requires education. “And there was another chamfer and radius on that tool that we could use to complete everything with Mastercam because of their 3D toolpaths, and all at a super high rate of speed. We were pushing that at 300 ipm and had the spindle maxed out.” The Mastercam software allowed the shop to use the bull-nose end mill to machine both the 60 ° bevel and the 1¼ " radius. Instead of buying a gigantic ball-end mill, we 3D milled the part with a seven-flute bull-nose end mill from MA Ford. Manufacturing Engineering December 2021: ![]()
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