Hinton184
Plastic
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2012
- Location
- Akron, Ohio
I recently received a RFQ for a small job cutting some copper rings in my shop. Some of them are small enough in diameter to fit on my lathe which I think is the ideal process to machine them. However, some are quite large and I don't have a big enough swing to cut them. My lathe is only 10" swing and much less over the carriage.
I have a milling machine equipped with a DRO system and a 12" diameter rotary table, so something I considered was getting copper sheets or blanks as flat stock and cutting them on the rotary table. Fortunately the rings come in various diameters anywhere from 6-12", so I have the capability to make 3 or 4 rings out of a sheet of 12" square blank and not waste a bunch of material.
Does anyone have any experience or advice to give here? I know copper can be a pain to cut sometimes so I'm wondering if I will run into issues with speeds and feeds trying to cut the diameters by spinning my RT.
Thanks,
TS
I have a milling machine equipped with a DRO system and a 12" diameter rotary table, so something I considered was getting copper sheets or blanks as flat stock and cutting them on the rotary table. Fortunately the rings come in various diameters anywhere from 6-12", so I have the capability to make 3 or 4 rings out of a sheet of 12" square blank and not waste a bunch of material.
Does anyone have any experience or advice to give here? I know copper can be a pain to cut sometimes so I'm wondering if I will run into issues with speeds and feeds trying to cut the diameters by spinning my RT.
Thanks,
TS