Gunner wrote:
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:06:15 GMT, "R. Zimmerman"
wrote:



I got the stuff as drops from a mold making and welding shop. So I
didnt have much choice in how it was cut.

the stuff is 1.260 thick plate..hot rolled making it even worse. Im
just making fingers for a finger break. The faces were easy to
flatten out..its the sides that are the bitch

If you get well under the HAZ and conventional cut it, an end mill will work
just fine.
4130 crystalizes. Very nasty.

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John R. Carroll
Machining Solution Software, Inc.
Los Angeles San Francisco
www.machiningsolution.com