creating a concave radius

creating a concave radius

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creating a concave radius

adventuremetal
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I can't figure out how to turn the slot sketch into a concave radius on the attached file. This part is going to be machined and the slot milled with a 1.25 diameter end mill.  Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Roger

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A bunch of ways to do this; one- a swept profile -is attached.   I'll include a screencast in a moment.Swept Recess.JPG

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...and a narrative.   Or another broken attempt to include a screencast.

 

Screencast will be displayed here after you click Post.

 

 

 

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@adventuremetal wrote:

 

 This part is going to be machined and the slot milled with a 1.25 diameter end mill.


With the slot diameter of 0.625" and a 1.25" ball nose end mill, you could just plunge along the intended length to a finish depth of 0.08373" for a shallow concavity.

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mavigogun
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An even simpler way using only the existing Sketch, an Extrude, Fillet, and Combine:

 

 

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Thanks for the help. Use of construction plans is something I still need a lot of practice with.

 

Roger

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