Vectric Vcarve upgrade to 10.5

I use Vectric Vcarve desktop for programming jobs on my Sieg KX1 mill, and last night I upgraded to the latest version 10.5, free of charge, which was nice.

Amongst the new upgrades is the facility to thread mill which I have never done before. Some of you may use Fusion 360 and the like which has the capability, but this is new territory for me.

So my questions are: has anyone done thread milling on the KX1 (or KX3)? Any tips? Which program did you use? If it was Vectric Vcarve that would be a bonus!

Ian J

This Vectric thread milling video came up in my suggestions whilst browsing the tube.

Martin.

Thanks for the link Martin I forgot about the excellent Vectric tutorials.

The only sticking point for me is the cost of the cutters which are quite expensive, I have a feeling I would break a few until I got the hang of it.

IanJ

You can modify ordinary taps or use single point insert threading tools. I've posted on this here somewhere, I'll try and find it.

Found it.

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=84198&p=6

Just read through your archive post John, very interesting, it looks like thread milling is do-able! I like the idea of using an old tap.

One job which comes to mind is machining lens adapters for filters etc. These have a very fine pitch and not a lot of them, going to a shoulder.

IanJ

Code is at

**LINK**

Thanks very much for the link John, some very impressive g code there. It'll take a while to get my head around thread milling, so don't hold your breath for any projects any time soon!

IanJ