Michael Moore
Titanium
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2004
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Is there some sort of little saw or milling cutter that would be used to make a groove in a bore for an internal circlip?
I've looked through the MSC catalog and I don't see anything that seems specific for that application. The TruArc website doesn't show any corner radius at the base of the groove but it seems like you'd want some radius in order to reduce the chance of cracking from the corners (maybe that's not a significant concern).
I know that you could do this with a grooving tool in a boring/facing head but it seems like there must be some sort of production tooling that would let the mill do a circular interpolation to form the groove and then retract and leave the hole.
1" OD seems to be as small as the jewelers/slitting/slotting saws go. It looks like for a .056" groove (30mm ID hole) you might need to make two passes with a little bit of offset between them as many of the small saws are pretty thin.
cheers,
Michael
I've looked through the MSC catalog and I don't see anything that seems specific for that application. The TruArc website doesn't show any corner radius at the base of the groove but it seems like you'd want some radius in order to reduce the chance of cracking from the corners (maybe that's not a significant concern).
I know that you could do this with a grooving tool in a boring/facing head but it seems like there must be some sort of production tooling that would let the mill do a circular interpolation to form the groove and then retract and leave the hole.
1" OD seems to be as small as the jewelers/slitting/slotting saws go. It looks like for a .056" groove (30mm ID hole) you might need to make two passes with a little bit of offset between them as many of the small saws are pretty thin.
cheers,
Michael