I would weld a lathe parting or grooving tool to a round shank at about the right dia cutter
And away you go. Easy On Tue, 16 Aug 2022, 3:23 pm Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users, < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > How thick is it axially? If it's pretty thin it should be sandwiched > between two pieces of softer metal. Go slow on the feed, high on the speed > to make a lot of shallow passes with a slightly narrow cutter. Then use a > full width cutter for a single full depth pass to clean up the slot sides. > > I'd also make a bandsaw cut to near full depth in each slot to reduce the > amount of material for the cutter to remove and provide a path for lube to > get in/out. > > > On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 08:38:06 AM MDT, Leonardo Marsaglia < > ldmarsag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi guys, I hope you are doing well > > I need to make some slots on a rotor I'm building and I would like to know > what do you think about fly cutting the slots with one tool only with > reduced feed off course. > > The slots are 45 mm deep and 6 mm wide, the rotor is made of 4140 steel (I > attached a basic picture of the rotor). I could purchase the hss disk > cutter off course, but if I can get away with welding and grinding my own > tool it would be great because those cutters aren't cheap and I'll be only > using it for this job only. > > The problem is, I'm afraid the carbide cutter will break soon making all > this process a waste of time. > > What do you think? > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
