Djstorm100
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2014
- Location
- Richmond
Hey guys,
What this stems from is I need to cut this 7.9" x7.9" part. It's 1/8, although I'm thinking of making it 3/16. Material is 6061 t6. and while not typically thing. I wouldn't do this in a vise because of the span of material. Starting off with 8"x 8" rough stock. How would you do something like this?
I was thinking dowel pins for locating and strap clamp would help clean up the operations but it doesn't look like it.
Op1 - strap clamp, drill & counter sink the 4 corners.
Op2 - Remove strap clamp, use 4 counter sunk heads to hold part down, face it (think this will get ugly since nothing is holding it down in the center), Profile, and chamfer
Op3 - Flip it over and hold it for facing op and chamfer. How to hold it...still working on that.
What this stems from is I need to cut this 7.9" x7.9" part. It's 1/8, although I'm thinking of making it 3/16. Material is 6061 t6. and while not typically thing. I wouldn't do this in a vise because of the span of material. Starting off with 8"x 8" rough stock. How would you do something like this?
I was thinking dowel pins for locating and strap clamp would help clean up the operations but it doesn't look like it.
Op1 - strap clamp, drill & counter sink the 4 corners.
Op2 - Remove strap clamp, use 4 counter sunk heads to hold part down, face it (think this will get ugly since nothing is holding it down in the center), Profile, and chamfer
Op3 - Flip it over and hold it for facing op and chamfer. How to hold it...still working on that.
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