Have a job I need to get finished up for a customer. Customer used to make these in house, but looking to outsource this type of work to me. For simplicity sake, all we are concerned about is one hole and the accuracy of that hole. Customer always bored these holes using a boring head, for accuracy. Hole is for a sliding component in a piece of tooling.
I want to start a whole other thread with questions concerning "High Accuracy Mode" as I am starting to run into minor accuracy issues that I didn't think I would need to call out a mode, but I think it does play into this topic a little, looking for input and suggestions.
Hole is ~.500 (changes from tool to tool) the land where the tool slides is also about 1/2" thick, again, varies depending on the tool. The customer used to setup the block, again, which varies 2-3" thick, bore the hole all the way through, then flip and machine the backside. I am looking at machining the backside, flipping, then milling the top side. However I am hesitant as to the resulting accuracy from milling the hole instead of boring.
Using a High Accuracy Mode, does anyone here have experience machining a precision hole on their Brother, and what kind of accuracy did you get as a result?
In regards to boring, what are you using as a boring head? I had two different tooling reps look up holders for my Criterion boring head, they have been discontinued, or are (in my opinion) crazy expensive. (One quote I got back was $400+)
I have seen videos of machines boring, what are they using? What are you using?
thanks for the input.
I want to start a whole other thread with questions concerning "High Accuracy Mode" as I am starting to run into minor accuracy issues that I didn't think I would need to call out a mode, but I think it does play into this topic a little, looking for input and suggestions.
Hole is ~.500 (changes from tool to tool) the land where the tool slides is also about 1/2" thick, again, varies depending on the tool. The customer used to setup the block, again, which varies 2-3" thick, bore the hole all the way through, then flip and machine the backside. I am looking at machining the backside, flipping, then milling the top side. However I am hesitant as to the resulting accuracy from milling the hole instead of boring.
Using a High Accuracy Mode, does anyone here have experience machining a precision hole on their Brother, and what kind of accuracy did you get as a result?
In regards to boring, what are you using as a boring head? I had two different tooling reps look up holders for my Criterion boring head, they have been discontinued, or are (in my opinion) crazy expensive. (One quote I got back was $400+)
I have seen videos of machines boring, what are they using? What are you using?
thanks for the input.