Re: Beveling an edge on a piece of plate
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 10:00 am
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I've been using pretty much the same setup just that I am nodding the head to the angle being cut and cutting to the edge of the table. If I had to do many of these I would make some kind of fixture to set them up in but the cutting edges I make all seem to be different ie, longer, thicker or thinner material, so everything changes.warmstrong1955 wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 2:52 pm This is a dull blade for a core splitter. (Mining stuff)
42.5 degrees.
Not a fancy set up, but it doesn't need to be.
Wouldn't be hard to make your own fixture, if you don't have an angle table. (That's what I did before I got the table)
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Oh I see what you are saying. I've never tried that but I will the next time I have one to cut. I'm using a cheaper 2" face mill I got from Shars to cut these with and the extra width is helpful. Still trying to figure out speed and depth of cut in each pass without wrecking my tooling. I messed up a new set of inserts on the second go around the other day because one of the inserts loosened up for some reason. I tightened them up as tight as I could get them with that cheezy little tool that came with the cutter. maybe I'll try lock tite the next time.
I bought another smaller angle table, shortly before Enco was absorbed.olddude wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 10:15 am
I've been using pretty much the same setup just that I am nodding the head to the angle being cut and cutting to the edge of the table. If I had to do many of these I would make some kind of fixture to set them up in but the cutting edges I make all seem to be different ie, longer, thicker or thinner material, so everything changes.
Same ol' thing.....just depends on the work you are doing.whateg0 wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 12:08 pm I've never used my angle table. It took a year or so after I bought my multiposition vise before I needed it, but it was handy then! I don't know that a standard angle table is going to do much for the OP as his work pieces are 22" long. That would be a lot of overhang that would still have to be supported somehow. If there were a lot of these, though, I definitely would be making a fixture!
Yeah, a lot of times, it's not critical that the edges are perfect. I've gotten into many a "discussion" where somebody insists that "a wrecking ball must be a perfect sphere +/- 0.0001". Sometimes close enough is close enough!warmstrong1955 wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 12:36 pmI have beveled and grooved long pieces, longer than the table, by repositioning a few times. Clamp on some blocks for a fence, of sorts, and bevel/groove, slide down & clamp, and do it again. Not perfect, but has been easily acceptable if I'm careful, and it's hard to tell.
Yes, I can see something like that would be handy at times. I haven't run across one in my price range so far but I still have my eye out. I have a bunch of tools that I have had for years and never got the chance to try them out. Now that I'm done with my shop and I have a place to work out of hopefully I'll get the chance to use some of this stuff. I don't do all that much real work with this stuff just mainly repair work on the equipment I build and use around the farm.warmstrong1955 wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 11:56 amI bought another smaller angle table, shortly before Enco was absorbed.olddude wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 10:15 am
I've been using pretty much the same setup just that I am nodding the head to the angle being cut and cutting to the edge of the table. If I had to do many of these I would make some kind of fixture to set them up in but the cutting edges I make all seem to be different ie, longer, thicker or thinner material, so everything changes.
Saves the time it takes to angle the head, or set it back to zero.
Well worth the investment, I think. Might be something to add to your wish list.
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