Serafino
Sr Member
Rolling and stamping? No, that drawing's intended to represent a bladed cutter mounted on a horizontal MILL. (Think gear-hob or oversized dovetail cutter.)
Mills were not always of the Bridgeport-type, in fact as I understand it they are essentially descendants of the lathe. The taper is the shape of the cutter intersecting the material at the end of the cut.
Anyway, you can determine the correct diameter of the cutter by how fast the cut tapers where the cutter exits the material. Someone who's good with Trig could probably calculate it.
[Edit--Gabe--I guess I'm being caught up by terminology, when actually I guess we're still saying the same thing, so nevermind, I guess... ]
Mills were not always of the Bridgeport-type, in fact as I understand it they are essentially descendants of the lathe. The taper is the shape of the cutter intersecting the material at the end of the cut.
Anyway, you can determine the correct diameter of the cutter by how fast the cut tapers where the cutter exits the material. Someone who's good with Trig could probably calculate it.
[Edit--Gabe--I guess I'm being caught up by terminology, when actually I guess we're still saying the same thing, so nevermind, I guess... ]