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(a bunch of off-topic, probably skewed, political crap) Thank you for your illuminating post. Now, I'm trying to turn some fins into a replacement cylinder for a Cox 15. I basically made myself a narrow little cutoff tool, which started by chattering a little bit, then rapidly evolved to chattering a lot, then bound up, wrenching the cylinder blank out of the chuck and breaking the tool. Since this is a _metalworking_ group, do you have any suggestions about how I may do thing _metalworking_ task? Thanks. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com Do you need to implement control loops in software? "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" gives you just what it says. See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html |
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Grooving and parting off require a rigid setup, which you may already know,
Tim. Snug everything down except the cross feed, and even the cross feed if there is much backlash in the feed threads. Since you're grooving and not parting off, use the tailstock center to support the workpiece unless it's impossible. Grooving and parting off test the rigidity of the setup, so use of the tailstock center is an advantage. A very sharp cutting tool with the proper relief angles and possibly a chip breaker are mandatory. I find that a very slight front relief angle prevents the tool from grabbing or self-feeding into the workpiece. When the front relief is almost vertical, the tool tends to rub instead of self-feeding. Make sure that the cutting tool is being fed as perfectly perpendicular to the workpiece as you can get it. A quality cutting lubricant applied right in the groove can make the difference between success and, well, problems. A slow spindle speed has worked best for me and depending upon the diameter, it may need to be very slow. Crawling slow is not fast enough for aluminum, but slow doesn't seem to be a problem with mild steel. -- WB .......... metalworking projects www.kwagmire.com/metal_proj.html "Tim Wescott" wrote in message ... RB wrote: (a bunch of off-topic, probably skewed, political crap) Thank you for your illuminating post. Now, I'm trying to turn some fins into a replacement cylinder for a Cox 15. I basically made myself a narrow little cutoff tool, which started by chattering a little bit, then rapidly evolved to chattering a lot, then bound up, wrenching the cylinder blank out of the chuck and breaking the tool. Since this is a _metalworking_ group, do you have any suggestions about how I may do thing _metalworking_ task? Thanks. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com Do you need to implement control loops in software? "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" gives you just what it says. See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html |
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Tim Wescott wrote:
RB wrote: (a bunch of off-topic, probably skewed, political crap) Thank you for your illuminating post. Now, I'm trying to turn some fins into a replacement cylinder for a Cox 15. I basically made myself a narrow little cutoff tool, which started by chattering a little bit, then rapidly evolved to chattering a lot, then bound up, wrenching the cylinder blank out of the chuck and breaking the tool. Since this is a _metalworking_ group, do you have any suggestions about how I may do thing _metalworking_ task? I suggest side-relief on your cutting tool. Extra sharp, try different nose relief angles. Is the root of the cut radiused or at right angles? If you are OK with a slight radius, it will probably cut better and be stronger too. |
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On Dec 26, 4:48*pm, "Wild_Bill" wrote:
Grooving and parting off require a rigid setup, which you may already know, Tim. Snug everything down except the cross feed, and even the cross feed if there is much backlash in the feed threads. Including the carriage lock. A very sharp cutting tool with the proper relief angles and possibly a chip breaker are mandatory. I find that a very slight front relief angle prevents the tool from grabbing or self-feeding into the workpiece. When the front relief is almost vertical, the tool tends to rub instead of self-feeding. My Multifix parting holder and Enco bit work pretty well most of the time. I don't claim to understand exactly why but I'll describe it for you. If anyone knows better, listen to them instead. I'm almost totally self-taught and some of this may be simply adapting to the quirks of my lathe. "I do this..." is my code for YMMV. The holder slopes the bit 4 degrees for top rake. The front rake is presently 16 degrees on the bit, or 12 WRT the work. That may be excessive. I think the minimum is 5. I hollow-grind the end so a hand-held stone touches only the cutting edge and the lower heel. With heel contact to guide it, the stone doesn't rock vertically when I clean up the edge every few minutes in SS, or weekly in Al. It rounds the end laterally but that doesn't seem to matter. The bit protrudes about 9/16" to cut off up to 1" rod in 5C collets. It definitely works better at half that. I grind square across, so the bit leaves a tit on the cut-off part. Grinding the end at a small angle is said to cure this, but with 9/16" of protrusion the 0.062" x 1/2" bit flexes too much from the side thrust. I use a needle oil bottle to slowly feed oil into the slot. The tip usually rides along the bottom. This is tedious and boring but if I stop or try brushing the bit often jams within a minute. The belt is loose enough that I only have to push the cone pulley backwards to free the bit, back out, then feed very slowly until the ticking stops. For a repetitive job I soon get the feed figured out and use the auto crossfeed. Make sure that the cutting tool is being fed as perfectly perpendicular to the workpiece as you can get it. I tighten the toolpost bolt with the cutoff holder pressed against the end of the spindle or the collet adapter. A quality cutting lubricant applied right in the groove can make the difference between success and, well, problems. Home Depot pipe threading oil works for me on SS, drill rod and aluminum. A slow spindle speed has worked best for me and depending upon the diameter, it may need to be very slow. Crawling slow is not fast enough for aluminum, but slow doesn't seem to be a problem with mild steel. WB See/hear chatter, slow down a step. I've only used the backgear when parting 3" steel, a job I had to complete with the bandsaw. "Tim Wescott" wrote in message Now, I'm trying to turn some fins into a replacement cylinder for a Cox 15. *I basically made myself a narrow little cutoff tool, which started by chattering a little bit, then rapidly evolved to chattering a lot, then bound up, wrenching the cylinder blank out of the chuck and breaking the tool. Tim Wescott I make delicate things on the end of solid rod stock held in a collet and often with tailstock support as well. How deep are the slots? Jim Wilkins |
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I agree with all of your recommendations, Jim. And it's reasonable that if
"I do this" works well, then that's definitely the way to go. Some of the other folks with different machines will need to adopt their own "I do this" procedures for whatever works best for them. The parting tool I've been using is 1/8" wide x 1/2" high HSS, the tapered cross section type. The tool holder I use also holds the blade at an (upward) angle, but I haven't measured it. I was concerned that a chip breaker ground into the tip would be too much top/back relief, but it works well. The chip breaker might not be the ideal tool profile for power cross feed, but it's definitely been beneficial for manual cross feed. The chip breaker tip has worked well for all of my mild steel and aluminum parting operations up to about 1.5" diameter, and smaller diameters of stainless steel (just haven't had any need to part/cutoff larger SS yet). The very slight front relief made a dramatic improvement, completely eliminating any digging/grabbing in the workpiece. Of course variable spindle speed makes it easy to find a good relationship between spindle speed and manual cross feed rate. For larger diameters, I use the band saw to cut sections, since the cutoff blade would be extended too far to complete larger diameters, unless the larger diameter would have an axial hole, then the parting/cutoff blade would probably work well. The problem with large diameter stock is that for parting, the tailstock center should never be use to complete the parting, so the section of large round stock would need to be short so that the parting groove would be near the lathe chuck. Nearly any parting operation will go smoother if the workpiece is to have an axial hole in it, and the hole is drilled before the parting/cutoff operation. The tapered type parting/cutoff blades provide good side clearances, but it's important to mount the blade as perfectly vertical as it can be. Some blade holders aren't machined properly to set the blade in the vertical position, so the operator needs to be aware of this. I haven't used the T-shaped parting blades, but I've read good comments about their performance. -- WB .......... metalworking projects www.kwagmire.com/metal_proj.html "Jim Wilkins" wrote in message ... On Dec 26, 4:48 pm, "Wild_Bill" wrote: Grooving and parting off require a rigid setup, which you may already know, Tim. Snug everything down except the cross feed, and even the cross feed if there is much backlash in the feed threads. Including the carriage lock. My Multifix parting holder and Enco bit work pretty well most of the time. I don't claim to understand exactly why but I'll describe it for you. If anyone knows better, listen to them instead. I'm almost totally self-taught and some of this may be simply adapting to the quirks of my lathe. "I do this..." is my code for YMMV. The holder slopes the bit 4 degrees for top rake. The front rake is presently 16 degrees on the bit, or 12 WRT the work. That may be excessive. I think the minimum is 5. I hollow-grind the end so a hand-held stone touches only the cutting edge and the lower heel. With heel contact to guide it, the stone doesn't rock vertically when I clean up the edge every few minutes in SS, or weekly in Al. It rounds the end laterally but that doesn't seem to matter. The bit protrudes about 9/16" to cut off up to 1" rod in 5C collets. It definitely works better at half that. I grind square across, so the bit leaves a tit on the cut-off part. Grinding the end at a small angle is said to cure this, but with 9/16" of protrusion the 0.062" x 1/2" bit flexes too much from the side thrust. I use a needle oil bottle to slowly feed oil into the slot. The tip usually rides along the bottom. This is tedious and boring but if I stop or try brushing the bit often jams within a minute. The belt is loose enough that I only have to push the cone pulley backwards to free the bit, back out, then feed very slowly until the ticking stops. For a repetitive job I soon get the feed figured out and use the auto crossfeed. I tighten the toolpost bolt with the cutoff holder pressed against the end of the spindle or the collet adapter. Home Depot pipe threading oil works for me on SS, drill rod and aluminum. See/hear chatter, slow down a step. I've only used the backgear when parting 3" steel, a job I had to complete with the bandsaw. I make delicate things on the end of solid rod stock held in a collet and often with tailstock support as well. How deep are the slots? Jim Wilkins |
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On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:37:36 -0800, Tim Wescott
wrote: Now, I'm trying to turn some fins into a replacement cylinder for a Cox 15. I basically made myself a narrow little cutoff tool, which started by chattering a little bit, then rapidly evolved to chattering a lot, then bound up, wrenching the cylinder blank out of the chuck and breaking the tool. Since this is a _metalworking_ group, do you have any suggestions about how I may do thing _metalworking_ task? =============== Lots of good replies and suggestions. One thing that no one has yet suggestd is an upside down cutoff tool mojunted on the rear. On many of the lighter lathes this has proven to be much better than the standard front mounted holder. There are several casting kits available or make your own. I made one for my Emco. See http://mcduffee-associates.us/machining/rearcoth.htm |
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