How to Burn Challenging Features | Learn to burn

Just because features are simple doesn't mean they are easy to machine. In this episode of Learn to Burn, EDM expert Steve Michon introduces tips and tricks for burning challenging features. The simple, but challenging features covered in this video are as follows : making an electrode, along with machining vector burns and sub gates. The time stamps are as follows... 0:48 Building an electrode on a Bridgeport mill 4:07 Tricks to create a square shaped burn 7:17 Creating the square burn by 2 staging the electrode 7:57 Orbiting techniques 9:03 Orbit patterns in action! 9:25 Halfway point of the orbiting process 10:10 Final product of square with sharp corners 11:26 The design process of a challenging job that required very sharp corners 13:55 Check out that design example live on the machine 14:33 A low cost solution to vector burn sub gates 16:00 Sub gate tooling 17:04 Burning a sub gate in a block with a vector burn 18:39 Underwater footage of vector burn 18:56 Complete sub gate Stay tuned for next month's episode! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Practical Machinist is the largest and most engaged metalworking community across the web. With more than 170,000 registered members and 320,000+ social media followers, Practical Machinist is the easiest way to learn new techniques, get answers quickly, and discuss common challenges with other industry professionals. Visit Practical Machinist today to join the community and start connecting with your peers. Become a Practical Machinist member (https://www.practicalmachinist.com/) Like us on Facebook (  / practicalmachinist  ) Follow us on Instagram (  / practicalmachinist  ) Follow us on Twitter (  / prac_machinist  ) Connect with us on LinkedIn (  / practical-machinist  ) #EDMmachining #WireEDM #metalworking