Pete F
Titanium
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2008
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
A recent couple of editions of the magazine Home Shop Machinist ran articles on making a knurling tool that cuts the knurl rather than forming it by pressure. I'm only familiar with the latter method of making knurls and this is the only tool I have for that process.
I have no time or interest in making this tool as per the magazine articles but may be interested in buying a relatively cheap cutting style knurling tool to try. Until this article the only other ones I'd seen were, I think, Swiss made and very expensive.
Is anyone able to provide a source for an inexpensive tool (local outlets here in Oz and Enco up there is the US has yielded only the form style)? I typically have more success from larger organisations in understanding where Australia is ... well unless your name is McMaster who feel exporting a part down here is a "national security risk" so won't do it.
Also, I wonder what the disadvantages of this method are? As I understand the process it effectively cuts a multiple series of closely spaced threads on the piece and I would think it would be a far superior process to brute force and ignorance, but presume there must be some significant disadvantages for the form style to be more commonly found.
Thanks.
Pete
I have no time or interest in making this tool as per the magazine articles but may be interested in buying a relatively cheap cutting style knurling tool to try. Until this article the only other ones I'd seen were, I think, Swiss made and very expensive.
Is anyone able to provide a source for an inexpensive tool (local outlets here in Oz and Enco up there is the US has yielded only the form style)? I typically have more success from larger organisations in understanding where Australia is ... well unless your name is McMaster who feel exporting a part down here is a "national security risk" so won't do it.
Also, I wonder what the disadvantages of this method are? As I understand the process it effectively cuts a multiple series of closely spaced threads on the piece and I would think it would be a far superior process to brute force and ignorance, but presume there must be some significant disadvantages for the form style to be more commonly found.
Thanks.
Pete