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Machining Powdered Metal - ugh!
I just spent a couple of hours making an Ebay Browning two-groove sheave a
bit smaller (4.75" pitch diameter to 4.25" PD) for the HF $99.99 air compressor pump I bought. Surprise! These aren't cast iron any more; they're apparently some sort of powdered metal. Hard -- high-speed tool bits just rolled over and died. Fortunately, I had some carbide bits that worked fine, but this stuff doesn't produce a nice curly chip. It reverts to powder when cut. Anyone need a pound or so of iron (steel?) powder? Great for experiments with magnets. Glad that's over. Now to clean up the Myford... and my clothes and me. I'd better not get anywhere near an MRI before I bathe. I'd get sucked right into the magnet. -- Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways) |
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