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Cutting Chamfers - rleete - 11-24-2024
I have started yet another project - big surprise, huh?
This one requires 2 fairly large (~1/4"+) chamfers on the end. Do you guys generally use chamfer cutters, or would you rotate the vise and just use an end mill? How often do you rotate your mill vise to accommodate things like chamfers and angles?
I do not have a rotary base under my vise, so I would have to rotate and fasten down, then rotate the other way to do the other side. Luckily, the angles are both 45 degrees, so setting the vise isn't too big an issue, but what do you do when the angles are not so even?
I'm curious as to how others normally do it.
RE: Cutting Chamfers - EdK - 11-24-2024
For large chamfers like that I'd use a chamfering tool and take shallow cuts.
Ed