Hi Fellow Fusion 360 users,
Could use your help. I'm trying to add a Dove Tail router bit into Fusion 360's Tool Library.
The Dovetail tool is a Craftsman consumer grade 1/4" shank to 1/2" dovetail.
Cutting Edge:
Diameter: For diameter I used 1/2" to match the dovetail.
Corder Radius: I'm not sure what a corner radius is used for or how it is measured, but I guess there are some dovetails with a very slight angle, but this value is measured in inches as a radius. Finally figured out putting in 0 made it look like a sharp angled dovetail.
Shaft Diameter: Easy, as this has a 1/4" sized shank for the tool holder to grab.
Taper Angle: Had no idea what this is. You can enter anything from 0 to 89 (anything else turns off the OK button). The screenshot shows a taper angle of 20 degrees, but I found that the deeper the slot the smaller the angle. Ended up entering 14 degrees since it made the shoulder match the shank better, but I really could use some help in how to measure this.
Lengths:
Flute Length: Measure the actual cutting blade which was same as largest width - 1/2"
Shoulder Length: See previous post on figuring out shat a shoulder length mean: "Tip to beginning of shoulder" was .75"
Body Length: Measured tip to where it hits the tool holder (I like to keep a 1/8" gap from end of shoulder.
Overall Length: Measure overall length of entire tool - 2" inches
I went ahead and assigned the values in the other tabs:
Shaft - .125" by .25" by .25" (I think I might be duplicating this since Body Length covers this, but I'm unsure why Shaft would be calculated differently since it is mainly used to define shoulders.
Holder - Chose the ER25 collet I designed (originally had it upside down!). I haven't figured out if Fusion 360's G-Code understands the correct z clearance of a tool holderthe collet is inside the CNC router with only a 1/8" gap of the tool's shaft before getting to the shoulder.
If you see any mistakes or have better ideas on my assumptions, please comment!
thanks,
Stephen