where ACD is 30 degrees and ABD is 60. So I wrote a program to compute a movement of my ball end mill from B to A on line b and then back up line c to B. The first part worked pretty well, computing the depth of cut by using the distance along CD to calculate depth of cut as z=y sin 30. (The cut is in the x direction.)
By using the right x, y, and z increments (very small), I got a pretty decent finish in redwood without any obvious steps:
(Ignore the gouge just left of center, there were several early tries.) But the cut on the right is actually more like 30 degrees. It is not a right angle.
So computing z for the 60 degree angle is apparently not z=y sin 60. What am I calculating wrong?
Another solution, (clumsy). I am not using my Sherline tilting table because the parts that show the angle prevent any mill vise larger than their 2" from going in there, and this is a 3" workpiece. Clumsy solution to try: Make a block that is 2" wide to fit in the Sherline vise and extends out 2" above the vise to which I screw the workpiece. This requires very precise alignment of workpiece to block in the Sherline vise, but I am running out of alternatives.
Cut a 3" x 3" block, square all sides, trim bottom to 2" x 2" x2" to fit in vise and extend beyond angle "ears." Drill and tap two 1/2"-13 holes in workpiece and corresponding 1/2" through holes in the extension block.
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