First off, I hate abrasives for this. Makes it a three step job. Cut, grind, turn. If I don't grind the burr damages the turning tool. Maybe not every one, but often enough. Yes HSS is more tolerant, but I also
have to resharpen it.
I still think a shear tool of some kind might work best for the smaller pieces, but I also make inserts from 1-1/2 inch stainless. I would just pre-order them cut to length (with some tolerance maybe), but of my
three best suppliers for stainless:
1. charges to much to cut.
2. Seems to have quit offering cut to length.
3. I never know when I will receive a cut length order. Last time I canceled after 2 months.
Currently I bandsaw on the horizontal one piece at a time slightly over length, and then face both ends to length. Since this part is used in batches of 9 or 11 the hands on time adds up. Particularly if I sell
more than a couple of the part they go in. Its a profitable part, but I still begrudge the time.
On 1/5/2022 12:22 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
First off, I hate abrasives for this. Makes it a three step job.
Cut, grind, turn. If I don't grind the burr damages the turning
tool. Maybe not every one, but often enough. Yes HSS is more
tolerant, but I also have to resharpen it.
I still think a shear tool of some kind might work best for the
smaller pieces, but I also make inserts from 1-1/2 inch stainless. I
would just pre-order them cut to length (with some tolerance maybe),
but of my three best suppliers for stainless:
1. charges to much to cut.
2. Seems to have quit offering cut to length.
3. I never know when I will receive a cut length order. Last time I
canceled after 2 months.
Currently I bandsaw on the horizontal one piece at a time slightly
over length, and then face both ends to length. Since this part is
used in batches of 9 or 11 the hands on time adds up. Particularly if
I sell more than a couple of the part they go in. Its a profitable
part, but I still begrudge the time.
That 1 1/2 inch steel , is that wide or thick ? Have you considered plasma cutting ?
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