A unique manual milling method is available for generating geometrically true spherical surfaces. This technique can be used to machine convex and concave spherical surfaces. Other than the milling machine, the only tools needed are a boring head and a rotary table.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2013-03-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/generating-spherical-surfaces/
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