There seems to be a bit of confusion in the industry regarding cutting angles and I think a big reason for that is the difference between North American and European terminology. Europe, like you said, uses alpha and gamma opposite from NA. Even the words to describe the greek letters (i.e. "rake" vs. "cutting" vs. "knife") aren't uniform.
I wish these terms would just be standardized... but unfortunately they are not.
Yeah, two ways to say the same thing. I think there is a bit of a debate on what is the proper name for all the angles. The content of this video is based off tooling textbooks so should be pretty accurate.
@kylep2 Yeah there's always some discrepancy in what the official names of the angles should be. Oftentimes the europeans choose slightly different names. But either way, they're all synonyms.
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Hey setroos,
There seems to be a bit of confusion in the industry regarding cutting angles and I think a big reason for that is the difference between North American and European terminology. Europe, like you said, uses alpha and gamma opposite from NA. Even the words to describe the greek letters (i.e. "rake" vs. "cutting" vs. "knife") aren't uniform.
I wish these terms would just be standardized... but unfortunately they are not.
dixter20 10 months ago
rake angle it's : gamma no alfa
setroos 10 months ago
Yeah, two ways to say the same thing. I think there is a bit of a debate on what is the proper name for all the angles. The content of this video is based off tooling textbooks so should be pretty accurate.
dixter20 1 year ago
Always heard it called a Cutting Edge and not a Knife Edge, but good video.
kylep2 1 year ago
@kylep2 Yeah there's always some discrepancy in what the official names of the angles should be. Oftentimes the europeans choose slightly different names. But either way, they're all synonyms.
Glad you enjoyed the video kylep2. Check out the 3D learning environment at learncnc.org if you want more.
dixter20 1 year ago