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RE: How to Mill a Part That is Too Thin to Mill - TomG - 07-22-2013
Thanks Mike.
Don't know about you, but my old memory box keeps getting smaller every day. Maybe that's why I feel the need lately to make these videos.
Tom
RE: How to Mill a Part That is Too Thin to Mill - oldgoaly - 07-22-2013
Tom,
just kidding you a little.... Another way to get the job done with what you have on hand is good! one of my old tag lines was more than one way to skin a cat or door (that's a teeny bit of sheet metal humour)
RE: How to Mill a Part That is Too Thin to Mill - TomG - 07-22-2013
(07-22-2013, 07:32 AM)oldgoaly Wrote: Tom,
just kidding you a little.... Another way to get the job done with what you have on hand is good! one of my old tag lines was more than one way to skin a cat or door (that's a teeny bit of sheet metal humour)
Sheet metal humor? Does that mean it's getting a bit thin?
Tom
RE: How to Mill a Part That is Too Thin to Mill - oldgoaly - 07-22-2013
The golden rule of sheet metal humour is to allow yourself to bent into shape but never bent out of shape over anything!
RE: How to Mill a Part That is Too Thin to Mill - Mayhem - 07-22-2013
"I'm feeling a little reckless today"
You do like to live life on the edge Tom
Nice tip - thanks for showing. I wouldn't have thought of doing that in a million years. I figured you would need a surface grinder to tackle something that thin.
RE: How to Mill a Part That is Too Thin to Mill - TomG - 07-22-2013
Thanks Darren.
That actually was the first time that I tried milling something that thin, so there was potential for an outtake.
Tom
RE: How to Mill a Part That is Too Thin to Mill - DaveH - 07-22-2013
Tom,
I have never seen that before,
Like Ed, I don't climb mill on my machine - unless it is just a couple of thou.
Sorry Tom but to climb mill on small bench type milling machines like Ed's and the one I have is going to end in tears and a disaster.
DaveH
RE: How to Mill a Part That is Too Thin to Mill - TomG - 07-22-2013
(07-22-2013, 12:57 PM)DaveH Wrote: Tom,
I have never seen that before,
Like Ed, I don't climb mill on my machine - unless it is just a couple of thou.
Sorry Tom but to climb mill on small bench type milling machines like Ed's and the one I have is going to end in tears and a disaster.
DaveH
There is always a way.
You could skip the sawing step and mill the whole thing, leaving a few thousandths for a finish climb cut. You could also try roughing it out by conventional milling and then finish by climbing the last few thousandths. If you noticed in the video, after the first cut I made I returned to the start without retracting the cutter. It was conventional milling then and it didn't seem to lift the part.
Tom
RE: How to Mill a Part That is Too Thin to Mill - doubleboost - 07-22-2013
Hi
Tom
Very well shown
John
RE: How to Mill a Part That is Too Thin to Mill - TomG - 07-22-2013
Thanks John.