elbowmacaroni wrote:Wow! those are very very nice cutaways... it's making me rethink the idea of making an X-Y collar for my drill press so I can mill hard metals.
As I mentioned in a previous post I will be posting some of my other cutaways
Regarding the milling out process the company I work for has a manufacturing facility for making the equipment we use CNC machines are used
from what I have seen they seem to be using high speeds on the cutters & really flooding the work-piece with coolant however I do not know if that
was how my Ancchor Las was cut out
One of the cutaways I will be posting was cut out using a mini mill & the finish is as good as any factory cutaway however it is brass so I am guessing
the lock material hardness will depend on how it turns out & the skill of the mill operator
catch ya lata have fun............................