pic: 294 Prototype Base frame rail - almost done

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by techtiger1

Yup Alumnium does that to endmills. I have a question Adam are you running coolant on that part becuase if you aren't you really need to. Also I hope you bumped down your step size with the 1/4in endmill as supposed to the 1 in. I can definitely see that 233 was an influence. Anyway just some thoughts on that reply post. Once again good luck.

-Drew

Yeah, so much coolant is flowing that it still looks like a flat plate when cutting.

I'll admit, I did the CADing and not the MasterCAMing, but the guy that did it knows what he's doing so all the rates and such are reasonable. Thanks for the input.

In case anyone is wondering, the main influences are 233 (for the modules), 33 (for the transmission) and the "west coast drive" (4/22/60/254/968/1138) for the method of using angle that sits on the cross supports for bolt on super structures. The wheels were originally modeled after what 217 did in 2004, but are now more generic.