I'm just getting started with HSMAdvisor and I like what I see so far. I did have a few questions about entering a particular long reach tool, though.

I've got this tiny 0.015" Harvey Tool 992515-C3 endmill (see attached endmill.jpg), which has 3xD flutes and 12xD reach. I measured roughly 7mm for the length of the shoulder.

Since there isn't an extra field in HSMAdvisor for reach, entering everything exactly from the datasheet (along with the 7mm shoulder I measured, which isn't listed in the specs) gives a tool that isn't correct. (See attached 1.png)

The first workaround was to lie about the flute length and just enter the total reach instead. (Is this the correct procedure?) That gets things closer (see attached 2.png), but now the shoulder doesn't look right anymore. My guess is that the "should len." field isn't just for the tapered portion, but instead it's the full distance measured from the end of the mill to the back of the shoulder.

Entering reach+shoulder (or 0.18" + 7mm) for the "shoulder len." field finally gave a simulated tool image that looked correct. (See attached 3.png)

So, I suppose for my final question: is manually adding those two numbers together really the right answer or am I missing another box someplace or doing something else wrong?

Thanks!

endmill.jpg 1.png 2.png 3.png