SeymourDumore
Diamond
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2005
- Location
- CT
Guys
I'm about to start a kind of epic job.
Just over 700 complete assemblies of 8 components / each.
6 of the components are 1018, the other 2 is A2 at HRC 60+.
The A2 parts are given and of no concern.
My issue is with some of the 1018 details.
They are made from a rectangle bar of 2 x 3, are approx 6" long, and when done they are pretty much like swiss cheese.
Large(r) holes, slots, thin walls ... 70+% of the material is machined away.
None of the tolerances are stupid tight on the print, but I do foresee issues with proper fit if something moves or twists during machining.
From my experience, I've seen plane-jane 1018 do unexpected things at some of the times, and be completely stable at others.
So my question: Would it be a worthwile attempt to saw cut the blanks from the bar and send them out for annealing, normalizing, stress relieving or ( add the proper term here )?
Cost or added time is of no concern here.
Trouble free machining IS !!!
Thank You
I'm about to start a kind of epic job.
Just over 700 complete assemblies of 8 components / each.
6 of the components are 1018, the other 2 is A2 at HRC 60+.
The A2 parts are given and of no concern.
My issue is with some of the 1018 details.
They are made from a rectangle bar of 2 x 3, are approx 6" long, and when done they are pretty much like swiss cheese.
Large(r) holes, slots, thin walls ... 70+% of the material is machined away.
None of the tolerances are stupid tight on the print, but I do foresee issues with proper fit if something moves or twists during machining.
From my experience, I've seen plane-jane 1018 do unexpected things at some of the times, and be completely stable at others.
So my question: Would it be a worthwile attempt to saw cut the blanks from the bar and send them out for annealing, normalizing, stress relieving or ( add the proper term here )?
Cost or added time is of no concern here.
Trouble free machining IS !!!
Thank You