Create a tapping operation

00:02

In this video, will create a tapping operation.

00:06

After completing this step, you'll be able to create a rigid tapping operation.

00:12

In fusion 360, we want to carry on with our gear housing for CNC mill at this point we've faced Created a 2D Contour.

00:20

We created a rapping spot drill in a chip breaking drill with the number seven drillbit.

00:25

Now we want to create a tapping operation,

00:27

and to do this, I'm going to right click and duplicate this one more time.

00:32

When we're duplicating an operation that was already used for drilling. We need to be extremely careful about the drill cycle.

00:38

If we were to create a new drilling operation and select a tap as our tool, it would automatically set the cycle to tapping for us.

00:46

But let's go ahead and edit this and make those changes to make sure that we're creating a proper tapping operation.

00:52

In this case we need to be sure that we're going into our cam DFM library and we're selecting our quarter 20 tap.

01:00

Next, we want to go to our geometry and once again we're going to reverse the order,

01:05

the spot drilling operation and then the peck drilling our chip breaking operation were reversed.

01:10

So we need to reverse it one more time.

01:13

We also want to be mindful of how deep we're going.

01:16

Remember we used that drill tip through bottom option because we were accounting for the taper on the end of the drill bit.

01:23

Well now we want to turn that off because we don't want to bottom the tap out in the bottom of the hole.

01:28

We also might want to be a little careful and not take the tap down all the way when we're using an offset value,

01:34

a negative offset will go deeper into the part and a positive offset will come up or go less into the part.

01:41

We're going to have .02 which will reduce the depth that it goes down,

01:46

and that will give us a little bit of extra clearance on the bottom to make sure that we're not bottoming our tap out.

01:52

And lastly we want to go to our cycle and we're going to change this to a tapping cycle.

01:57

We're not going to worry about a dwelling period but it's important to note that the tapping cycle will allow the tool to go in spinning one way,

02:05

stop at the bottom and reverse the other way.

02:08

The properties that are saved in the specific tool in this case are quarter 20 tap are critical,

02:14

because that's how it synchronizes the Z movement and the spindle rpm.

02:18

So we're going to say okay to allow to create that operation and then we're going to take a look at the entire setup and go into actions and simulate.

02:27

I'm going to turn off the tool path display but in the stock section, I want to make sure that I'm on comparison.

02:33

This will allow me to see what the original model looks like and what material I've removed.

02:39

Let's go ahead and make sure that this is in the middle of the screen and begin playing through.

02:43

We can slow the speed down if we want and see the cuts happen one at a time.

02:49

As it's going through, you can see it's removing material and this is our 2D Contour operation,

02:56

comes back in spot drills, drills and then taps those holes.

03:00

You'll notice that when it creates the tapping operation we're seeing more material here that's been removed in red,

03:07

which tells us that we've removed too much more than the model was expecting.

03:12

However, when we're dealing with drilling and tapping the tap size when using the whole tool is the minimum diameter,

03:19

which means that we have to remove more because we're cutting the physical threats.

03:23

What we do want to be mindful of is we want to make sure that we have removed enough material in the bottom,

03:30

and that we're not actually going all the way through the part.

03:34

So by hiding the model or changing the transparency of the stock.

03:38

Sometimes this will let us get a little bit better view of what's actually been removed and whether or not we have a problem,

03:45

everything here looks pretty good.

03:47

So I'm happy with those results.

03:49

We face the top and we've drilled and tapped the holes and we've removed some of the material from the outside,

03:55

which means when we flip it over we can remove the rest of the outside material and then we can talk about finishing the part.

04:03

From here, let's close. Let's go back to our part Op1 ISO.

04:06

And let's save the design before we move on to the next step.

Video transcript

00:02

In this video, will create a tapping operation.

00:06

After completing this step, you'll be able to create a rigid tapping operation.

00:12

In fusion 360, we want to carry on with our gear housing for CNC mill at this point we've faced Created a 2D Contour.

00:20

We created a rapping spot drill in a chip breaking drill with the number seven drillbit.

00:25

Now we want to create a tapping operation,

00:27

and to do this, I'm going to right click and duplicate this one more time.

00:32

When we're duplicating an operation that was already used for drilling. We need to be extremely careful about the drill cycle.

00:38

If we were to create a new drilling operation and select a tap as our tool, it would automatically set the cycle to tapping for us.

00:46

But let's go ahead and edit this and make those changes to make sure that we're creating a proper tapping operation.

00:52

In this case we need to be sure that we're going into our cam DFM library and we're selecting our quarter 20 tap.

01:00

Next, we want to go to our geometry and once again we're going to reverse the order,

01:05

the spot drilling operation and then the peck drilling our chip breaking operation were reversed.

01:10

So we need to reverse it one more time.

01:13

We also want to be mindful of how deep we're going.

01:16

Remember we used that drill tip through bottom option because we were accounting for the taper on the end of the drill bit.

01:23

Well now we want to turn that off because we don't want to bottom the tap out in the bottom of the hole.

01:28

We also might want to be a little careful and not take the tap down all the way when we're using an offset value,

01:34

a negative offset will go deeper into the part and a positive offset will come up or go less into the part.

01:41

We're going to have .02 which will reduce the depth that it goes down,

01:46

and that will give us a little bit of extra clearance on the bottom to make sure that we're not bottoming our tap out.

01:52

And lastly we want to go to our cycle and we're going to change this to a tapping cycle.

01:57

We're not going to worry about a dwelling period but it's important to note that the tapping cycle will allow the tool to go in spinning one way,

02:05

stop at the bottom and reverse the other way.

02:08

The properties that are saved in the specific tool in this case are quarter 20 tap are critical,

02:14

because that's how it synchronizes the Z movement and the spindle rpm.

02:18

So we're going to say okay to allow to create that operation and then we're going to take a look at the entire setup and go into actions and simulate.

02:27

I'm going to turn off the tool path display but in the stock section, I want to make sure that I'm on comparison.

02:33

This will allow me to see what the original model looks like and what material I've removed.

02:39

Let's go ahead and make sure that this is in the middle of the screen and begin playing through.

02:43

We can slow the speed down if we want and see the cuts happen one at a time.

02:49

As it's going through, you can see it's removing material and this is our 2D Contour operation,

02:56

comes back in spot drills, drills and then taps those holes.

03:00

You'll notice that when it creates the tapping operation we're seeing more material here that's been removed in red,

03:07

which tells us that we've removed too much more than the model was expecting.

03:12

However, when we're dealing with drilling and tapping the tap size when using the whole tool is the minimum diameter,

03:19

which means that we have to remove more because we're cutting the physical threats.

03:23

What we do want to be mindful of is we want to make sure that we have removed enough material in the bottom,

03:30

and that we're not actually going all the way through the part.

03:34

So by hiding the model or changing the transparency of the stock.

03:38

Sometimes this will let us get a little bit better view of what's actually been removed and whether or not we have a problem,

03:45

everything here looks pretty good.

03:47

So I'm happy with those results.

03:49

We face the top and we've drilled and tapped the holes and we've removed some of the material from the outside,

03:55

which means when we flip it over we can remove the rest of the outside material and then we can talk about finishing the part.

04:03

From here, let's close. Let's go back to our part Op1 ISO.

04:06

And let's save the design before we move on to the next step.

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