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Titanium
- Joined
- May 18, 2007
- Location
- nowhereville
I think I touched on this last year and but have yet to make a change. Some new parts coming down the line will force us to tool up a bit. Need RH ID and OD grooving tools and ID and OD threading tools. There is a huge assortment of tools with drastically different prices and performance. Looking to stay with something that is maybe standardized rather than proprietary unless there is a real good reason to go there.
Variety of insert grades and geom will paint the picture. Pretty much all we have now is standardized tooling which makes finding surplus inserts nice.
I will give a few instances here for thoughts.
1. ID groove, .046 wide, .030 deep, bore hole .876 diam, reach 1.00, 303SS
2. OD thread, custom 1.375x18tpi, 6061
3. OD groove, OD 1.00, groove .045 wide, .045 deep, 6061
4. ID thread, standard 5/8x18tpi, 2" reach, 303SS, prefer single point on this.
5. ID groove, .750 bore, groove depth .200, width, .313, reach 1.0", 303SS, groove is on back of part so trying to reach in without flipping part. Picture a counterbore on both sides of part. Not sure if this one is even possible.
I know some mentioned solid carbides for some of this and that might be more economical considering insert costs. Not sure if our grinder can do any of this though.
Variety of insert grades and geom will paint the picture. Pretty much all we have now is standardized tooling which makes finding surplus inserts nice.
I will give a few instances here for thoughts.
1. ID groove, .046 wide, .030 deep, bore hole .876 diam, reach 1.00, 303SS
2. OD thread, custom 1.375x18tpi, 6061
3. OD groove, OD 1.00, groove .045 wide, .045 deep, 6061
4. ID thread, standard 5/8x18tpi, 2" reach, 303SS, prefer single point on this.
5. ID groove, .750 bore, groove depth .200, width, .313, reach 1.0", 303SS, groove is on back of part so trying to reach in without flipping part. Picture a counterbore on both sides of part. Not sure if this one is even possible.
I know some mentioned solid carbides for some of this and that might be more economical considering insert costs. Not sure if our grinder can do any of this though.