topic Re: Turning - Boring with an End Mill in HSM Support Forum

Turning - Boring with an End Mill

mbystry — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:01:23 GMT

On my manual lathe I often times bore holes with a two-flute end mill. For instance, if I want a .300" diameter hole bored into some round stock, I'll chuck up a .25" end mill, drill a hole and then cross slide out to .300". I do this so I don't have to change tooling between a twist drill and an actual boring bar.

I'm trying to program this on my cnc lathe but I'm unable to pick an end mill as my boring bar. Is there a way that I Can fool HSM (2019)?

Re: Turning - Boring with an End Mill

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:47:31 GMT

you can start with a boring bar and define as close as you can to your end mill. Then in the tools description label it the end mill you want to use. The last tool in picture (tool 10) is doing a boring operation.

Re: Turning - Boring with an End Mill

mbystry — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 17:38:25 GMT

Alright. I'll give it a go. Thank-you for the tip.