Author: Chris&Jim CIM

What is Chip Load?

QUESTION: What is Chip Load? ANSWER: Chip Load is defined as the thickness of material cutaway by each cutting tooth. See the explanation below in an excerpt from the downloadable powerpoint! CNJ CNC TOOLING BASICS  

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What is Stepover?

QUESTION: What is Stepover? ANSWER: Stepover is defined as the the space between passes of a tool during an operation. The HSM default is 95%, making a very smooth finish on a surface with a ball end mill, but it will sacrafice machine time. In other words, it’ll take forever!...

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This is why I teach….

on Monday, 18 May 2015. THANKS THIEN… AND ALL OF MY FORMER STUDENTS LIKE YOU! Over the past 10 years or so, it has become a tradition in my classroom that students bring me a mug back from the college that they attended as a freshman, or their place of employment. I have mugs from community...

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EdgeCAM Tutorials

WHERE DO I FIND ALL THOSE COOL TUTORIALS WE DID IN CLASS? Question: Where do I find all those cool EdgeCAM tutorials we did in class? Solution: Right here of course!  Jim did all of these EdgeCAM tutorials with just some groovy music. There are tutorials for all four major CNC operations that you...

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IED Train Tutorials

So you want to know how to make the train parts from Introduction to Engineering Design class? I don’t blame you…. they are a great first step in Inventor to teach the basics of Inventor. One of my favorite IED teachers of all time, Jason Hyatt from Cazenovia HS, has put these together...

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HOW ABOUT THE TUTORIALS FOR THE TRAIN FROM IED?

Question: My DDP class (IED) could sure use some help with the train tutorials!  Any solutions? Solution: Of course we do! Special thanks to Jason Hyatt from Cazenovia for doing all of these in Camtasia. After all DDP (IED)is the gateway to the coolest course of them all: CIM! Below are nine...

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