runner1957
Plastic
- Joined
- Sep 26, 2017
I have a part that needs wrench flats, the flats are behind a turned diameter, maybe .093" deep, so I can't use polar and an end mill to reach them. My machine is a vanilla c-axis mill turn, no Y. I have considered options like mounting a Woodruff key cutter in an er25 and reaching past the shoulder, the reach would be 2-3/8", but that seems like a recipe for a lot of chatter, and slow. I am using all my straight (x-axis) live tool holders to drill and tap other holes, between the turning and milling I've got room for one angled live tool holder(z-axis). My parts are annealed 4140, and I am setting up a few hundred of them. I have a real nice tool guy, he recommended a $1200.00 insert slotting mill, eight 3mm wide passes for each flat,
I am real sure someone out here has a much better solution for this than a woodruff cutter or a $1200.00 slot mill. This is sketch is not to any scale.
I am real sure someone out here has a much better solution for this than a woodruff cutter or a $1200.00 slot mill. This is sketch is not to any scale.