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- Jun 26, 2013
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I cut this this evening and it seemed to work well.
I did have the cutter just a hair below center though -- it seemed to generate a socket that has decent contact over most of the taper (and is much more inline with the center line of the part). In fact, it seemed to work so well that I'm thinking the reamers really weren't necessary for this...
I am, however, having a tough time envisioning how having the cutter off center messes up the taper?
It would seem that 1) every 'cross-section' of the taper must be a circle, 2) the radius of each cross-section should reduce by tan(compound-angle)*distance-compound-advanced?
The cutter is moving in a straight (and horizontal) line...
I'm just not seeing it... any clarification appreciated...
I did have the cutter just a hair below center though -- it seemed to generate a socket that has decent contact over most of the taper (and is much more inline with the center line of the part). In fact, it seemed to work so well that I'm thinking the reamers really weren't necessary for this...
I am, however, having a tough time envisioning how having the cutter off center messes up the taper?
It would seem that 1) every 'cross-section' of the taper must be a circle, 2) the radius of each cross-section should reduce by tan(compound-angle)*distance-compound-advanced?
The cutter is moving in a straight (and horizontal) line...
I'm just not seeing it... any clarification appreciated...