At 01:10 AM 10/30/2007, you wrote: >Has CNC changed the way keyways are made?
They make single point broaching a lot easier, I used to wear out my left wrist cranking a lathe carriage back and forth. http://www.phorn.co.uk/Text/Broaching%20on%20a%20lathe.pdf Then there is also rotary broaching. http://www.productionmachining.com/articles/080502.html > I need to make some keyways >for my mill conversion, and I have no tooling so far for doing it. Since >I will may be buying tooling, I want to explore the options in order to >make the best investment. I actually prefer not having keyways and going >with set screws on countersinks. Anyone have thoughts on this? Thanks. > >-- >Kirk Wallace (California, USA >http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ >Hardinge HNC lathe >Bridgeport mill conversion pending >Zubal lathe conversion pending) Without the keyway there to take the torque set screws are only good for very low power stuff that does not matter when they slip a bit. __________ Andre' B. Clear Lake, Wi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
