Hello!
I'm curious to know if there is a rule of thumb out there for quickly determining what the smallest and/or largest End Mill would be to reasonably use on a part? I'd like to use some combination of the part's dimensions (Height, Width, Length) to scale. I've heard 50% of the Mid part dimension before, but that isn't great for High Aspect ratio parts.
For instance:
Part 1: 10cm * 50cm * 25cm part would have a min tool size of _____? A Max tool size of _____?
Part 2: 10cm * 100cm * 10cm part would have a min tool size of _____? A Max tool size of _____?
Part 3: 10cm * 10cm * 10cm part would have a min tool size of _____? A Max tool size of _____?
Part 3 likely isn't going to use a 10cm End Mill. Part 2 isn't going to use a 0.1cm End Mill.
I'm assuming there aren't any micro features on the part and the features are normally sized / proportioned vs. the part in question.
I'm curious to know if there is a rule of thumb out there for quickly determining what the smallest and/or largest End Mill would be to reasonably use on a part? I'd like to use some combination of the part's dimensions (Height, Width, Length) to scale. I've heard 50% of the Mid part dimension before, but that isn't great for High Aspect ratio parts.
For instance:
Part 1: 10cm * 50cm * 25cm part would have a min tool size of _____? A Max tool size of _____?
Part 2: 10cm * 100cm * 10cm part would have a min tool size of _____? A Max tool size of _____?
Part 3: 10cm * 10cm * 10cm part would have a min tool size of _____? A Max tool size of _____?
Part 3 likely isn't going to use a 10cm End Mill. Part 2 isn't going to use a 0.1cm End Mill.
I'm assuming there aren't any micro features on the part and the features are normally sized / proportioned vs. the part in question.