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Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

By : Fabrizio Cimò
Book Image

Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

By: Fabrizio Cimò

Overview of this book

Downloading a piece of 3D software and shaping concepts and ideas is quite easy. However, designing feasible and cost-effective real parts from 3D models can be challenging with traditional production technologies, or even additive manufacturing. This book will give you the know-how and skills to develop your projects from ideas to physical products, and overcome these obstacles. In ‘Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360’, you'll discover how to set up a CAM program, pick the right tool, and optimize production. You'll learn the pros and cons of different production technologies, including turning, milling, laser cutting, and 3D printing, and understand how to choose the best option based on your needs. You’ll also explore the important computer-aided manufacturing tools that Fusion 360 offers through the use of examples and best practices. By the end of this book, you’ll understand the potential issues and drawbacks of different design components and apply workarounds to avoid design flaws.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Implementing Turning Operations in Fusion 360
7
Part 2 – Milling with Fusion 360
13
Part 3 – Laser Cutting Using Fusion 360
17
Part 4 – Using Fusion 360 for Additive Manufacturing
22
Part 5 – Testing Our Knowledge

Thread milling

The last operation we have left to complete the part is threading the central hole with an M36x4 profile.

During the previous operation (in the Milling a hole section), we already machined the pilot hole, which has a diameter of 31.97 mm.

We should also already know the theory behind threads since we already covered a similar operation in Chapter 5; however, this time we’ll cover the process in a bit more detail and try to explain a few potential issues we didn’t mention before.

Thread geometry

In order to machine threads, we have to know them! To find all the information needed for our thread, we can discover ISO thread tables online.

When searching the web for thread tables, we have to make sure that we are looking at the right type of thread. Internal and external threads have different dimensions, and confusing one for the other will result in a wrong thread profile.

In the following table, we can find the data for an M36x4 internal...