Skills

In this unit, you will work on the following skills:

➔Choosing and Setting an Origin

  • Setting to Center of Stock

➔Work Holding Options

  • Dovetail Jaws
  • Grip Stock

➔Tool Paths for Multiple Features

  • Points & Positions
  • Roughing Strategy

➔Tapping (by hand) on the Mill

  • Selecting the correct tap drill
  • Kinds of Tap
  • Using a spring-loaded tap guide

Content

Use these resources to learn the principles and procedures:

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Setting Origin to Center of Stock

Workholding Options

Tool Paths for Multiple Features

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Tapping

  • 8.7.7 Tap
    The thread-cutting tool
  • 8.12 Tapping
    Prior Allowance and Procedure; from drill press chapter, but the same technique applies to mill.

Project: T-Nut

After completing the above, you will be ready to start on this project:

  1. 🔎︎Read: Blueprint
  2. ✎Write: Order of Operations
  3. ✦Make: Schedule Machine Time
  4. ✔Measure: First Article Inspection