I've seen a table saw used to cut aluminum for motor mounts for McCullough chainsaw motors for my uncles racing go-karts. Not seen steel cut that way. Think the table saw would run too fast for that in steel.?
A slitting saw on a horizontal milling machine would likely work for rough stock removal. Could also work on a vertical mill. I've got one of each, if I can get farther into my project list, I may be able to find out. Also have some side milling cutters for the horizontal mill. And it may be closer to operational than the HF mini-mill. One of these days I need to buy a machine tools that's ready to run! ?
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On Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 11:40:22 AM CST, pat goodyear <pgoodyear@...> wrote:
Cutting a grove on the milling column, a couple of methods come to mind.? You could use a carbide blade on a table saw, lock the column so it couldn't rotate and make a couple shallow passes with the table saw.? ?Another way would be to use a key way cutter in a router on a router table and cut a grove that way, or use a dovetail cutter to cut a triangular grove in the milling column.? ?As for the head only a small depth would be needed and using a dremel with a diamond burr would be sufficient to hog off material, and finish with a file using it as a gouge to cut the square shape.?
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?Just my old school farm boy raised thoughts, oh and my dad was a blacksmith.?
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