spock
Stainless
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2006
- Location
- Central Ky
Looking at some lathe work, part gets pretty thin walled (.187) during turning. Is this stuff pretty stable, or is it bad to crack in thin sections? How does it machine?
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As a general tip there are some hydrocarbons that polycarbonates don't like and will stress crack. One place I worked the designers specified loctite on some bolts holding on some PC blend parts. Next morning the parts had cracking around the bolt holes as the operators had not been told to keep the stuff away from the plastic....
Looking at some lathe work, part gets pretty thin walled (.187) during turning. Is this stuff pretty stable, or is it bad to crack in thin sections? How does it machine?
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