I this video, I will go over some of the top tips and tricks on how you can improve your designs and decrease cost while optimizing for manufacturing on a CNC milling process.
I’ll cover everything from fillets, chamfers, setups, drilling, tapping, undercuts and even text. Shortcut links are for everything below. Full article posted on my website below.
00:28 – CNC Milling Machine
01:06 – Common Cutting Tools
01:52 – End Mill Deflection
02:39 – Internal Fillets
03:05 – Fillet Specifics
03:37 – Dogbone Corners
03:45 – Feature Height
04:00 – Threads and Tapping
04:36 – Raw Stock Size
05:01 – Chamfers
05:31 – Setups
06:07 – External Fillets
06:28 – Isolate Tight Tolerance Areas
06:47 – Drilling
07:15 – Bottom Floor Fillets
07:38 – Edge Break Fillets
07:56 – Edge Drilling
08:21 – 3D Surfacing
08:41 – Undercuts
08:58 – Text
09:18 – Bad Example Part
09:47 – Fixing a Bad Part
10:09 – Price Comparison of Good and Bad Part
10:19 – Good Books for Going Further
10:33 – More Links for Learning
Good Books (Affiliate links, your help supports the channel):
– Metalworking, Sink or Swim: https://amzn.to/2VBHOh4
– Machine Shop Trade Secrets: https://amzn.to/2YIESBl
CNC Online Quoting:
– https://www.protolabs.com/
– https://www.fictiv.com/
– https://www.xometry.com/
Finding Material:
– https://www.mcmaster.com/
– https://www.onlinemetals.com/
Machining Videos:
– https://www.youtube.com/user/haasautomation
– https://www.youtube.com/user/saunixcomp
My Website: https://www.adambender.info/post/design-for-cnc-milling
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bender_designs/
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