DieselPower
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2009
- Location
- Centerville, TN USA
I service a large custom roofing and trim industry, and am constantly making custom nose pieces for brakes as large as 18ft. I am currently clamping the piece to the table, cutting 2ft, moving it, cleaning chips, re-clamping, setting cutter depths, adjusting, cutting, finding out there is still a chip under it somewhere and pulling my hair out and doing it all over again. It sux... A lot of the work is done with a 2.5" face mill. Do you think it would be possible to set up a roller feed and do the whole cut in one operation? Has it been done before? Sounds scary but I could see it working if it was done right.
Rubber feed rolls
Cast iron rear fence
Chip scrapers and steel front "fence" rolls and down-pressure rolls.
Deeep face cuts (like 80% cutter width) forcing material against rear fence.
Lots-o-lube on sliding surfaces.
And then it will still probably chatter...
What do ya think?
Rubber feed rolls
Cast iron rear fence
Chip scrapers and steel front "fence" rolls and down-pressure rolls.
Deeep face cuts (like 80% cutter width) forcing material against rear fence.
Lots-o-lube on sliding surfaces.
And then it will still probably chatter...
What do ya think?