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Fixittt · 09-20-2002, 06:06 PM

As you can see from the above pic ... that is a fly cutter. Now picture it upside down from the pic. Mounted in the check of a mill.

The long skinny part is the cutter, it is a small peice of carbide brazed to the steel shank. It is ground into variouse shape. As it spins, you drag it along the material. Normall about .300 to .500 (1/2 in) below the parts top. It basicly WHACKS away material in single passes. Making the part thinner, and also flat (if the mill table, vise and vise jaws are all flat)

Hope you can get a mental pic of what I just said.

09-20-2002, 06:06 PM	#14
Fixittt CNC Beyatch Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Tulsa Spell it backwards Posts: 721	As you can see from the above pic ... that is a fly cutter. Now picture it upside down from the pic. Mounted in the check of a mill. The long skinny part is the cutter, it is a small peice of carbide brazed to the steel shank. It is ground into variouse shape. As it spins, you drag it along the material. Normall about .300 to .500 (1/2 in) below the parts top. It basicly WHACKS away material in single passes. Making the part thinner, and also flat (if the mill table, vise and vise jaws are all flat) Hope you can get a mental pic of what I just said. __________________ Creator of the Spir@l Block Longest post ever http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&postid=43808#post43808