martik777
Aluminum
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2011
- Location
- Vancouver, Canada
I have some DOM tubing pieces 6' long 1/2"x .065" wall thickness that I need to drill out to .378 and cut to 2". I can think of 2 options:
1. Cut it all into approx 2.030 lengths, drill, face, debur all pieces on on end as first batch then for the 2nd batch, flip, setup a spindle stop for 2", cutoff and debur.
or
2. Cut into 2" lengths, drill +2", debur, measure 2" with x-axis DRO, cut off as first batch then debur all as a 2nd batch
I'm leaning towards #1 as it will be more accurate and maybe faster with a spindle stop. (Will bandsaw with a stop so maybe 20 seconds per cut) Need tolerance of .005"
1. Cut it all into approx 2.030 lengths, drill, face, debur all pieces on on end as first batch then for the 2nd batch, flip, setup a spindle stop for 2", cutoff and debur.
or
2. Cut into 2" lengths, drill +2", debur, measure 2" with x-axis DRO, cut off as first batch then debur all as a 2nd batch
I'm leaning towards #1 as it will be more accurate and maybe faster with a spindle stop. (Will bandsaw with a stop so maybe 20 seconds per cut) Need tolerance of .005"