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- Joined
- Jun 30, 2015
- Location
- Saint Paul, MN
I'm looking at a 500 piece job that is a 3/16 Diameter 1018 CR rod 5" long with a 1" long 90 degree bend on one end. There is also a small cross drilled thru hole that needs to maintain orientation with the bend. 1/8" radius on the bend ID. Considering a "Wiping" type bend. I'd like to bend the short end. I figure I might be able to devise a way to grab the bent end with the 2nd spindle and hold it for cross drilling, cutoff and maybe even parts catcher delivery.
I was thinking of doing this on my dual spindle C axis bar fed Mori lathe. (SL200-SMC) Either with machined steel 3 jaws or perhaps using a 3J collet chuck. (Which I don't have yet.) Thinking it's possible to get completed parts off the machine.
My question is has anyone done something like this? I can't imagine bending a 3/16 rod would be hard on the machine but that's really my main question. Would it be? Anyone have an idea of the tonnage for something like this? I actually care more about the machine then some major time saving, but if it can do it in it's sleep and not cry about it, why not? I'm sure building a hand operated bending rig would be simple enough, but 500 times anything manually is not my goal in life.
I think the machine has a servo torque sensor safety system. Not sure if the forces would be great enough to alarm out or not. Or if a fast or slow move would be best.
Experience anyone? Words of wisdom?
Dave
I was thinking of doing this on my dual spindle C axis bar fed Mori lathe. (SL200-SMC) Either with machined steel 3 jaws or perhaps using a 3J collet chuck. (Which I don't have yet.) Thinking it's possible to get completed parts off the machine.
My question is has anyone done something like this? I can't imagine bending a 3/16 rod would be hard on the machine but that's really my main question. Would it be? Anyone have an idea of the tonnage for something like this? I actually care more about the machine then some major time saving, but if it can do it in it's sleep and not cry about it, why not? I'm sure building a hand operated bending rig would be simple enough, but 500 times anything manually is not my goal in life.
I think the machine has a servo torque sensor safety system. Not sure if the forces would be great enough to alarm out or not. Or if a fast or slow move would be best.
Experience anyone? Words of wisdom?
Dave