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atetsade
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We are figuring the amount of Z-axis thrust required to push a 1.5 inch drill through 316L stainless steel at .004" per revolution. I have this figure as 3,411 lbs using Machinery's Handbook.
That is over the capability of the machine we are looking at.
Let's say you had to make a ring out of stainless on a CNC (using a CNC lathe for finish requirements). The ring is 1.625 OD 1.5 ID, .625" long.
How long would this part take you to make? Would you push a 1.5" drill through it to make that hole? I seem to think you could push a 3/8" drill to pop a hole and single point cut the entire ID. Why use a HSS twist drill when you can single point the hell out of it with a box tool?
Am I thinking about this wrong, or do we want to look into a machine with the Z-axis thrust to drill up to these sizes?
That is over the capability of the machine we are looking at.
Let's say you had to make a ring out of stainless on a CNC (using a CNC lathe for finish requirements). The ring is 1.625 OD 1.5 ID, .625" long.
How long would this part take you to make? Would you push a 1.5" drill through it to make that hole? I seem to think you could push a 3/8" drill to pop a hole and single point cut the entire ID. Why use a HSS twist drill when you can single point the hell out of it with a box tool?
Am I thinking about this wrong, or do we want to look into a machine with the Z-axis thrust to drill up to these sizes?