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ChristianSmith1-Visitor
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July 21, 2011
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Creating a round dimple on a round surface

  • July 21, 2011
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I don't mean to flood the forum but I'm stuck again. I'm trying to create a round dimple patterned evenly on the surface of a ring. As the diamter of the dimple get's larger, the shape turns more and more into an oval instead of a true circle. Any clues as to how I can compensate for the curve of the ring to get a true circle on the face instead of an oval?

Thanks

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DavidButz1-Visitor
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July 21, 2011

Christian,

Are you sure you want to do what you're trying to do? To create a dimple that has a spherical surface AND creates a round intersection with the cylinder is actually physically impossible. If you want to do some complicated surface modeling you can create something that may look like what you want, but it certainly won't be easily machinable. (If you're molding it, that's a different matter.) You could sink a straight end mill into the part, then use a form cutter or a lot of passes with a small ball mill to create a dimple below that, but I think the elliptical edge dimple is probably going to be the easiest and aesthetically best version.

David

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ChristianSmith1-VisitorAuthor
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July 21, 2011

I am machining this and I thought about that right after I posted this. I can't think of any other way besides a ball nose end mill and doing that will create the problem I'm encountering. Maybe I'll just have to reduce the diameter of the dimple to a point where it isn't as noticable.

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kpalmerton1-Visitor
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July 22, 2011

To me it seems like a visual issue, if you want it to look like your concept revolve the elliptic cutter that makes the shape you want visually. Then use the machining procedure that will create a smooth surface...?

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ChristianSmith1-VisitorAuthor
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July 22, 2011

You could do that but with the amount of dimples on the ring the machine time wouldn't be worth it.

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