That's the email I got upon entering the shop today. I was using a 1 x 10 styli for a part with 3-48 & 6-32 threaded holes. Just trying to get a decent location within tolerance of +/- .005. Now, the customer (we are the sub-contractor) is "coming in today with a cylindrical probe which will take more accurate hits on thread holes". I checked some of the postings in the forum and it looks like there's a lot involved and the results are sketchy.
Watch out for direction on internals and externals, and also the CW/CCW setting in the Auto Feature dialog! (i.e. check visually it's spiralling the right way)
As someone mentioned there are special inserts you can get which are better, but for most stuff the Pitch function is more than adequate, and better than the alternatives.
I would agree. The threaded gages are good, but expensive, and tedious to use. The one I described above is $123.00 each. Again, great option if you have them and only have a few holes to do. Thanks for the tip on using that pitch option!
Watch out for direction on internals and externals, and also the CW/CCW setting in the Auto Feature dialog! (i.e. check visually it's spiralling the right way)
As someone mentioned there are special inserts you can get which are better, but for most stuff the Pitch function is more than adequate, and better than the alternatives.
I would agree. The threaded gages are good, but expensive, and tedious to use. The one I described above is $123.00 each. Again, great option if you have them and only have a few holes to do. Thanks for the tip on using that pitch option!
