It’s been great fun writing this article for you but to be totally honest i think this cycle is a complete waste of time. Whenever I have put a dwell in a spot drilling cycle it always seems to chatter.
However if you do use this cycle please let me know if you have success with it.
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Shelves, building kitchen units, making the misses a Jewelry Box. They are fantastic, but not if you want to be a serious grown up engineer and play with the big boys.
So lets bin all the shitty cheap HSS drills and buy some decent stuff. Oh by the way don’t blame me if your boss says “dream on”
Why Am I Saying This
Well because modern drills are amazing.
They hold accurate size.
Don’t need a spot drill.
Really super fast.
Last longer.
Oh did I mention they are bloody expensive.
Now with HSS drills you can buy thousands of em for a fiver and still have change to buy Robbie Williams concert tickets.
Authors Note
Please don’t read any of my articles if you like Robbie Williams, it means your a twat. Now Robin Williams, that’s totally different. Don’t you just love “Mrs Doubtfire” my favourite film.
Drills Drills More About Drills
But good quality modern drills are expensive. The good news is they easily pay for themselves. You need to treat them carefully because if they are carbide then they can chip and smash easily. You know in that James Bond movie where he is disarming a nuclear bomb? Well treat them like that and you’ll be just fine.
Anyway that’s not what this article is about.
CNC Tooling Centre Drill
A centre drill has a 60 degree point which is not good to start a drill. With a spot drill you can get a 120 degree point which is roughly the same as your drill point so it gives the drill a great start.
The drill won’t wander but if you heed my advice and use a super duper new drill then it will drill perfectly without any spot drill.
Spot Drill Last
I would always use good quality CNC Tooling.
Use a good quality modern drill and then use a 90 degree point spot drill after to chamfer your holes.
This means you can rapid the spot drill right into the hole and then feed in just a tiny amount to create the chamfer.
Spot Drills The Good Bit
You can deburr with a spot drill. Just program it to go around your shape and put a nice clean chamfer around you part.
CNC Tooling Conclusion Spot Drill Centre Drill
Always use good quality CNC Tooling
Use a centre drill only if you have to.
Make sure your turret is aligned on a CNC Lathe.
Centre drills are for centre locations on long or ground parts.
Centre drills are for grinding between centres
Spot drill can be same angle as drill.
Spot drill after drilling.
Use spot drills to deburr parts.
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If you have been affected by any of the issues in this post or need CNC Counselling then contact me.
If you want to learn to program CNC Milling Machines