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You taking the piss?
Well, I only have a drill press, a dremel and hand tools. I wounder if this could be done with accuracy by using a drill press and drilling multiple holes like a straight line and finish it off using a hacksaw? I imagine that it will lack accuracy and that I will have a hard time getting rid of the excess material between each hole? 4340 isn’t as hard as stainless to machine, but it’s still hard.This is the guy named Drill Department who needed help with drilling previously.
From what I recall, he's not working with industrial equipment, or if he is, he doesn't know how to use it. What tolerance on the size and flatness? It COULD be done with a decent belt sander and a scrap angle plate. Or it could be done on a mill. Or it could be done on a live tooled late. Or it could be done with a table saw (not well, but it could be done). Given enough time, it could be accomplished by scraping. You could do it on a surface grinder. You could do it with an angle grinder. You could do it in a box. You could do it with a fox. You could do it here, or there. You could do it anywhere.
So, Drill Dept, help me help you. What machinery do you have available to do this?
Well, I only have a drill press, a dremel and hand tools. I wounder if this could be done with accuracy by using a drill press and drilling multiple holes like a straight line and finish it off using a hacksaw? I imagine that it will lack accuracy and that I will have a hard time getting rid of the excess material between each hole? 4340 isn’t as hard as stainless to machine, but it’s still hard.
I need to be able to make straight cuts. What’s the best solution for this without using expensive tools?
I need to be able to make straight cuts. What’s the best solution for this without using expensive tools?
It’s oval all the way, like in the picture. I need to get rid of 14.1mm on both sides.A shaper or horizontal mill would be the classic way to go. Will any of it remain full round or is it oval all the way?
Bill D
Well, I only have a drill press, a dremel and hand tools. I wounder if this could be done with accuracy by using a drill press and drilling multiple holes like a straight line and finish it off using a hacksaw? I imagine that it will lack accuracy and that I will have a hard time getting rid of the excess material between each hole? 4340 isn’t as hard as stainless to machine, but it’s still hard.
I need to be able to make straight cuts. What’s the best solution for this without using expensive tools?
Seriously guys,
I'm as willing as anyone else to help a newbie but I think a moderator needs to set this individual straight about pushing the limits of a MACHINING forum. These posts aren't just amateur they are almost pushing the limits of a hobby forum.
It's a variation on the old joke about a hobo asking a nice lady if she could do some mending for him.
She asks what mending he needs.
Holding up a button he asks, Can you sew a new coat to this button?
Everyone has been really good about sketching out almost all the ways he could accomplish it with the equipment he's got. I guess nobody suggested a cold chisel and file, but that's one more option. Keyways were sometimes actually made with a cape chisel and files. Taking it to someone who has the equipment has to be the best suggestion. Other methods could work but I'd be absolutely flabbergasted if THIS guy actually accomplished any of them. If he does, I hope he'll come back and describe his experience.
Sure can, you'll be accurate within 1/8" at best.I wounder if this could be done with accuracy
You have 3 solutions.What’s the best solution for this without using expensive tools?
Since your tooling is limited, do you even have the tools to lay out the cut lines or make accurate measurements?
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