Boring Bar tools are used in milling for the boring operation of a Hole feature or for a step of a Step Bore feature.
Name — Enter a name that identifies the tool. The name must be unique among all the tools in the crib.
Measure — This indicates the units that are used for reporting the tool’s dimensions. Select Inches for inch units or deselect it for millimeters.
Diameter — See diagram.
Exposed length — This is the amount of the tool that sticks out of the holder if the holder is simulated.
Tip Radius — See diagram.
Tool material — This indicates what the tool is made of. This information is important when calculating the feeds and speeds.
Hand — Set whether the tool is Right-handed or Left-handed.
The Tip Radius is taken into account only for step bores. FeatureCAM assumes that you have an adjustable boring bar. For boring operations, if there is not an appropriate tool in the tool crib FeatureCAM creates a tool with the name user_adjust….
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Diameter
Length
Tip Radius