kb0thn
Stainless
- Joined
- May 15, 2008
- Location
- Winona, MN, USA
Hi Guys,
We thread some stainless pipe in our Mazak QT15 CNC lathe. 1/2" and 3/4" NPT threads in stainless 304 pipe. Cut with laydown inserts. I have found that running a wire wheel over the threads takes care of any micro burrs, makes the parts safer to handle, and the thread gauge to thread on nicely.
We currently run a 2" wire wheel on a handheld cordless right angle grinder after the program is done and before we unload the part. I'd like to do the wire wheeling automatically. It isn't a live tooled machine. And it is a turret type. So the only "power" I have is the low pressure coolant that runs through the turret and to the tool holder.
Is there any possibility of the low pressure coolant being capable of running a small off the shelf die grinder? If it wasn't 5:15 on a Friday afternoon, I'd be trying it right now.
Thanks,
-Jim
We thread some stainless pipe in our Mazak QT15 CNC lathe. 1/2" and 3/4" NPT threads in stainless 304 pipe. Cut with laydown inserts. I have found that running a wire wheel over the threads takes care of any micro burrs, makes the parts safer to handle, and the thread gauge to thread on nicely.
We currently run a 2" wire wheel on a handheld cordless right angle grinder after the program is done and before we unload the part. I'd like to do the wire wheeling automatically. It isn't a live tooled machine. And it is a turret type. So the only "power" I have is the low pressure coolant that runs through the turret and to the tool holder.
Is there any possibility of the low pressure coolant being capable of running a small off the shelf die grinder? If it wasn't 5:15 on a Friday afternoon, I'd be trying it right now.
Thanks,
-Jim