4-40TapDance
Plastic
- Joined
- May 7, 2021
Hello peeps!
Has anyone had any luck masking one surface off from a burn?
I have to blend a turned surface with a burned feature, and so far I keep arcing onto it on the first roughing plunge before the orbit. I keep making my 'trode thinner and thinner to try to stay far enough away, but no luck. Alternative geometry is not an option .. . . I'm stuck sliding past the finished surface to get into the burn. So now I'm looking at masking the surface. But my Dielectric fluid eats most tape adhesive for breakfast. Considering that the fluid itself is an insulator, I'm not sure even a layer of plastic would stop the arc.
So . . . Has anyone successfully masked their part from an EDM burn?
Thank you for your time
--Mitch
Has anyone had any luck masking one surface off from a burn?
I have to blend a turned surface with a burned feature, and so far I keep arcing onto it on the first roughing plunge before the orbit. I keep making my 'trode thinner and thinner to try to stay far enough away, but no luck. Alternative geometry is not an option .. . . I'm stuck sliding past the finished surface to get into the burn. So now I'm looking at masking the surface. But my Dielectric fluid eats most tape adhesive for breakfast. Considering that the fluid itself is an insulator, I'm not sure even a layer of plastic would stop the arc.
So . . . Has anyone successfully masked their part from an EDM burn?
Thank you for your time
--Mitch