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Dowetail. How to machine it

wilk90

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Hi and welcome
I need machine part with big dowetail in 4140 steel. How can approach this? Can I use this machine with rotating column/head and Funuc controller.
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Machine the side slots first. Then use a dovetail (not dowetail!) cutter. As an alternative, you could make a flycutter with the required dovetail angle on the tool bit maybe out of an HSS blank in place of the dovetail cutter.
 
Dovetail cutter, then use the ability of the head to tilt to get the correct angle on the dovetail if a cutter is not available or is not financially practical in this situation. Now the more important question, what kind of machine is that, that is an interesting looking setup.
 








 
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