You aren't going to touch HSS with a file. All you will do is produce a
shiny spot and dull the file. A cutting tool has to be harder than what it
is cutting. do you use wooden chisels?
"Gerald Ross" wrote in message
...
At first I thought about easing a file into the bit while turning, but
that scared me. I would instead chuck the bit and using a protective
surface on the bottom of the router and file a notch, turn the bit 180
degrees and repeat. Then change the bit height and do it again until
all the desired notches are in. This would dull that spot so not sure
how well it would cut wood.

Igor wrote:

I am looking for a source for a steel v-groove router bit. 1/4" shank,
60 degree
angle, 1/2" diameter.

I want HS steel instead of carbide because I want to deface the cutting
edges so that
the groove has a rough finish, not smooth. I called MLCS and they very
kindly,
helpfully told me that I cannot do this to their carbide bits -- carbide
pieces would
break off.

BTW, also welcome would be suggestions as to how to best deface the bit.
The result
I am trying to get is a great number of "steps" -- as if, instead of a
bevel, there
were steps that were each maybe 1/128" high and deep. (_As if_, not
actually; I
don't plan to make exactly that many cuts or space them that carefully.)
Any other
idea as to how to achieve this result would be welcome. A challenge is
that this
ribbed bevel needs to be at the bottom of a straight 7/8" deep channel.

Thanks for any help.

--

Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
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gravitationally speaking.


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