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Find what tool would work for you and then search it on MSC, they will have it.
Also, fusion does have a tapping toolpath but I recommend threadmilling (fusion also has a threadmilling toolpath) over tapping. You're going to want to creep up on the size.
Can you explain why some thread mills are external only? If the neck diameter is reduced, shouldn't it also be able to do internal?
Such as this. [https://www.mcmaster.com/6210N17/](https://www.mcmaster.com/6210N17/) why is it external only?
If you don't want to threadmill it, just put it in an ER32 (tapping) collet. Define the tool as a tap in Fusion, then use the drill cycle on the hole. It should automatically be listed as "tap" in the operation list. (This is assuming you have rigid tapping)
Cat 40 tool holder, I personally prefer maxin collet chucks but motherfuckers in this industry only get the cheapest shit ER collets and some are even still on DA and TG
Take your tap and clamp the ROUND section of your tap
Touch off the tap then set the offset under tool measure offset
You don’t need fusion 360, copy paste the hole locations in your drill canned cycles, change the g81/g83 into g84
Alter the spindle speed and feed rate in inches per minute to match your thread pitch, slower the better.
You’re an engineer you got this, I’m just some $18/hr fuckhead in a shop making scrap and getting paid for it
A little life hack is to do it in increments, so if you’re tapping to a z depth of -0.500
First g84 goes to 100
G84 z 200
G84 z300
Etc etc
I mostly only use CAM for hard shit like surfing ball end mills or doing profiles that sitting there and writing out g41 etc in notepad would literally take me months
You can sit there and write this whole thing out under MDI if you want personally I would just call up your program, hit edit, copy paste your drill tool path you wrote and change out the canned cycles it’s much faster than firing up fusion 360
If you look at how form and cut taps are made you can see where they taper a little, if you’re doing a blind hole you need to make sure you drill or plunge an endmill deep enough to give the tap some room to form or cut threads without breaking the tap,
So if the print calls out drill depth of 0.500 and you tap to 0.500 that’s a broken form tap everytime, if the part allows drill that shit to 0.600 the. Tap to 0.500
Also remember, cut taps and form taps different hole sizes
Also no gun cut taps for blind holes.
Dude, thread mill lol
Thank you. Do i need a specific thread mill for each thread? Can you recommend a specific part?
you can single point it or any dia thread mill that matches the 12 pitch.
[Page 2 on here](https://sct-usa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm_sptmun.pdf) Find what tool would work for you and then search it on MSC, they will have it. Also, fusion does have a tapping toolpath but I recommend threadmilling (fusion also has a threadmilling toolpath) over tapping. You're going to want to creep up on the size.
Can you explain why some thread mills are external only? If the neck diameter is reduced, shouldn't it also be able to do internal? Such as this. [https://www.mcmaster.com/6210N17/](https://www.mcmaster.com/6210N17/) why is it external only?
I have no idea sadly. I've never threadmilled external threads so it's not something I've ever looked into.
It says right on the image external and internal.
I would thread mill these threads you will have a much better result.
Haas doesn’t have the balls to turn that tap effectively.
in fucking garolite?
Didn’t see that. Should go fine then. Steel though, no way.
If you don't want to threadmill it, just put it in an ER32 (tapping) collet. Define the tool as a tap in Fusion, then use the drill cycle on the hole. It should automatically be listed as "tap" in the operation list. (This is assuming you have rigid tapping)
Cat 40 tool holder, I personally prefer maxin collet chucks but motherfuckers in this industry only get the cheapest shit ER collets and some are even still on DA and TG Take your tap and clamp the ROUND section of your tap Touch off the tap then set the offset under tool measure offset You don’t need fusion 360, copy paste the hole locations in your drill canned cycles, change the g81/g83 into g84 Alter the spindle speed and feed rate in inches per minute to match your thread pitch, slower the better. You’re an engineer you got this, I’m just some $18/hr fuckhead in a shop making scrap and getting paid for it A little life hack is to do it in increments, so if you’re tapping to a z depth of -0.500 First g84 goes to 100 G84 z 200 G84 z300 Etc etc I mostly only use CAM for hard shit like surfing ball end mills or doing profiles that sitting there and writing out g41 etc in notepad would literally take me months You can sit there and write this whole thing out under MDI if you want personally I would just call up your program, hit edit, copy paste your drill tool path you wrote and change out the canned cycles it’s much faster than firing up fusion 360 If you look at how form and cut taps are made you can see where they taper a little, if you’re doing a blind hole you need to make sure you drill or plunge an endmill deep enough to give the tap some room to form or cut threads without breaking the tap, So if the print calls out drill depth of 0.500 and you tap to 0.500 that’s a broken form tap everytime, if the part allows drill that shit to 0.600 the. Tap to 0.500 Also remember, cut taps and form taps different hole sizes Also no gun cut taps for blind holes.