06-02-2013, 06:51 AM
(06-01-2013, 08:05 AM)stevec Wrote: Interesting Russ (as usual, ho-hum).
I'd be curious to know what amount of time the programming and set-up took.
Hi Steve,
The programming time was in the neighborhood of maybe 30 minutes. From a programming standpoint, the part is simplistic, a reamed hole, a tapped hole, a milled radius, and an interpolated diameter.
The set-up time was around 20 minutes. Most of the tooling is already set-up all the time for most jobs anyways, so it was just a matter of putting in the correct sized drill and reamer.
The part is just held in the vise on parallels with a stop set up to locate it in the jaws, so nothing time consuming there as well.
First thing we did was stand the part on end in the vise and finish mill the .270" Minimum radius, the width, and drill and ream the thru hole.
The part was then flipped over and the holding stock milled off.
Next thing we did was set it in the vise to machine the post.
We roughed the post diameter (interpolated) to within .010" of finished size. The post tapped hole was completed next and the shoulder relief groove milled. Finally the post diameter was finish milled, and the sides of the shoulder rectangular surface chamfered.
Presto-Chango......we're done!
Best Regards,
Russ