Patent ID: 7706913

Claim:
A method for machining a workpiece using a rotating cutting tool moved along tool paths relative to the workpiece comprising: (a) determining a first machining boundary and a second machining boundary of the workpiece, wherein at least a portion of the second machining boundary overlaps at least a portion of the first machining boundary; (b) a first finishing step, comprising: defining, within the first machining boundary, a lifting movement of a first tool, and machining the workpiece, with the first tool, using a tangential run-out having the lifting movement; and (c) a second finishing step, comprising: defining, within the second machining boundary, an infeed movement of a second tool; and machining the workpiece, with the second tool, using a tangential run-in having the infeed movement, wherein the run-in overlaps at least a portion of the run-out.