On Aug 17, 3:40*pm, Jon Elson wrote:
Frank J Warner wrote:
What sort of end mill do I need to mill a series of V-grooves in the
edge of a piece of steel?

The steel is annealed D2, S30V, or ATS-34, from .125" to .250" thick (a
knife blade), and I want to make a series of regularly spaced V-grooves
laterally along the edge or spine, like this:

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

The angle does not really matter as I will be finishing these grooves
by hand with needle files. My objective is regular spacing with a
V-shaped notch or groove.

Sorry to be so dense but I am still learning some of the terminology
for these things.

-Frank

If these are 90 degree Vees, you can tilt the head of many machines like
a Bridgeport, and then do it with a conventional square-end end mill.
If other than 90 degree, then you need a chamfering mill with that angle
on the point.

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Or maybe a dovetail cutter which you can also tilt, to get less than
90 degrees.

Which would be much better than a chamfering mill. Chamfering end
mills are made to cut on their sides, and don't do so well at the
point.

An angle cutter mounted on an arbor in a horizontal mill would be
ideal.

John Martin