Ez_DuzIt123
Plastic
- Joined
- Feb 24, 2019
This may be a dumb quesiton but does anyone know of a good way to make backup rings on a lathe? Currently we are turning the od and id then taking an .015 endmill to create the skive cut on the ring. It takes a little while and there is a lot of deburring that needs to be done afterwards. My first plan was to create some sort of pneumatic fixture with a razor blade attachment and after the ring is turned on the lathe you put it in the fixture and the razor blade cuts the 22 degree gap in the ring. Then i started thinking maybe there is a way to do this complete in the lathe? Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? I'll attach a part of the drawing sent by the customer so you all can get an idea of what i am talking about. The rings are made from PEEK.