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Slotter part 2, with control details
- Thread starter tonyfoale
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Peter from Holland
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Me I would never build a pneumatic slotter
Hydraulic or hydraulic over pneumatic yes Not pneumatic Speed depends too much on load
To me that thing goes pretty fast I do net see myself feeding it at the right moment each time.Especially as it has no toolretraction with the upstroke
Peter
Hydraulic or hydraulic over pneumatic yes Not pneumatic Speed depends too much on load
To me that thing goes pretty fast I do net see myself feeding it at the right moment each time.Especially as it has no toolretraction with the upstroke
Peter
It works for me, I have no trouble syncronising my manual feed with the dwell period, as I said in the video I run it with just 0.5 sec dwell.. If I had a CNC 4th axis rotary table then I would CNC the whole operation but I only have a manual rotab so it seems pointless to use CNC on the rest although it would allow tool retraction but that is not a big deal.
sfriedberg
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Say, tonyfoale, in the future, please consider extending the original thread on this project instead of starting a new thread for part 2. If everything is together, it is easier to find (and search for) in the future.
I would have done that,but I could not find the original until after I made the second post. It turned out that the original was hiding in plain sight.
Scottl
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It's an interesting approach, and much more buildable by the average guy than a mechanical slotting head.
You say it works for you. Assuming no tool retraction, how much feed do you give it per stroke in various materials and have you noted any issues with not retracting the tool?
You say it works for you. Assuming no tool retraction, how much feed do you give it per stroke in various materials and have you noted any issues with not retracting the tool?
JS
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Interesting............I also watched the videos on the electric lathe.......neat machine.....
Scottl
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Agree. He's done some really interesting work on some "thinking outside the box" machining technology.
Tony, thanks for sharing.
PS: Here's the link to part one.
https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/pneumatic-slotter-broach-driver-391792/#post3769988
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