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Terry - That's the cutter that I'm looking for, double angle, certainly ups the hits when you know the right term to search with.
Maritools has them at a somewhat better price than MSC.
https://www.maritool.com/Cutting-Tools- ... index.html
GlennW / Bill - I'm somewhat hesitant to use an endmill, holding the work at the appropriate angle would be my concern.
The OEM tool holder is hardened, but my copies are A2 tool steel which I'll attempt to harden wire, tape and rubber band style.
rmac - Those are nice cradles, not sure how that would work for my holders since they're on the smallish side, I do intend to make blanks
with just the dovetail and no tool slot so I can make whatever tool slot or hole when the need arises.
jscarmozza - Thanks for the loaner offer of your cutter, but with just a .50" tool slot the cutter is too big, and the smaller chamfer cutter is
too much of an angle.
I need a milling cutter ...
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Re: I need a milling cutter ...
Hence my suggestion to use a woodruff cutter...
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
Re: I need a milling cutter ...
4140 pre hardened bar makes things simple.
Harder is not better for tool holders, it's just slipperier!
Glenn
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Re: I need a milling cutter ...
Glenn
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Re: I need a milling cutter ...
I also want to make some tool holders; is there significant advantage to using an alloy or harder-than-mild steel?
Mild steel is easy for me to get and 1/5 the price too.
Re: I need a milling cutter ...
That should be fine.
The ones you buy are tempered, and the OP referred to heat treating them and pre-hardened steel makes things simpler if you feel the need for it.
The ones you buy are tempered, and the OP referred to heat treating them and pre-hardened steel makes things simpler if you feel the need for it.
Glenn
Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!
Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!
Re: I need a milling cutter ...
The angle really doesn't matter as long as the tool is able to contact 3 points in the holder. These are seldom deep enough to actually rest the tool on the flat sides of the groove. As long as it's parallel to the tool holder and the corners are somewhat centered on the set screws, it'll work fine. To hold it in the mill, just set a couple parallels on the bottom of the vise so the top is level front to back, then use a protractor (or if you're feeling fancy, a sine bar) to get it about 45 degrees, check that you can get the groove positioned right and adjust if you can't. Again, there's nothing precise required for the groove to do its job. Even a woodruff keyseat cutter would work fine as it still produces two corners that give 3 points of contact. Downside is the tool you could hold then would be limited by the width of the groove.jcfx wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:37 pm Weird, I swear I posted a reply ....
Terry - That's the cutter that I'm looking for, double angle, certainly ups the hits when you know the right term to search with.
Maritools has them at a somewhat better price than MSC.
https://www.maritool.com/Cutting-Tools- ... index.html
GlennW / Bill - I'm somewhat hesitant to use an endmill, holding the work at the appropriate angle would be my concern.
The OEM tool holder is hardened, but my copies are A2 tool steel which I'll attempt to harden wire, tape and rubber band style.
rmac - Those are nice cradles, not sure how that would work for my holders since they're on the smallish side, I do intend to make blanks
with just the dovetail and no tool slot so I can make whatever tool slot or hole when the need arises.
jscarmozza - Thanks for the loaner offer of your cutter, but with just a .50" tool slot the cutter is too big, and the smaller chamfer cutter is
too much of an angle.
Dave
edit: forgot to add that what usually gets stuff to turn up in my searches is buying something that's not quite right and then the "you might be interested in this" ads come up and have exactly what I originally wanted.
Re: I need a milling cutter ...
GlennW - That's pretty much what I figured on doing but with lower parallels, I defintely need a bigger vise or two,
on my list once some jobs roll in.
whatego - Understood about the groove, they're pretty shallow on my OEM tool holder that I'm copying.
on my list once some jobs roll in.
whatego - Understood about the groove, they're pretty shallow on my OEM tool holder that I'm copying.