You should shim the back of the shaft to prevent flex, this would allow you to take a bigger depth of cut also. I have done this same exercise on my mill before and the shimming was a god send. must faster.
Hi Martin. Should work even better on the Maho. If I had more space and level access I'd get one, too. The tool is home made out of a bar of C45 steel, turned to 25mm on top and around 14mm at the working end. There is a square hole through the thin part accepting a short piece of 5x5mm HSS that does the actual cutting. An M5 screw from the bottom secures the HSS. You can buy this kind of tools, mainly for use on CNC lathes and then they come with carbide inserts but otherwise not that different
Very inventive solution. Thanks for sharing this. It’s a slow, tedious process but going slowly is one way of minimizing errors.
very good technique
You should shim the back of the shaft to prevent flex, this would allow you to take a bigger depth of cut also.
I have done this same exercise on my mill before and the shimming was a god send. must faster.
Nice technique.. tedious but finally well worked
Gut gemacht. Sehr interessant.
Some photos and details of the tool can be found here: forum.zerspanungsbude.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=43263&start=130
Nice! What tool are you using and where can I get it? I’m about to do the same on my MAHO mh700 cnc mill.
Hi Martin. Should work even better on the Maho. If I had more space and level access I'd get one, too. The tool is home made out of a bar of C45 steel, turned to 25mm on top and around 14mm at the working end. There is a square hole through the thin part accepting a short piece of 5x5mm HSS that does the actual cutting. An M5 screw from the bottom secures the HSS. You can buy this kind of tools, mainly for use on CNC lathes and then they come with carbide inserts but otherwise not that different
This work manual?
Yes, the slots were all cut conventionally, i.e. manually. CNC conversion is still work in progress
Bad way to hold the job but okay maybe hold v block in vise or milling chuck to place on bed
Hi Maison. You're definitely right, should have used a v-block to clamp a round workpiece in a vise
This is a bit less manual than MY milling machine.
Yes, the mill does have a power feed on Z but in the end, the fully manual process using the quill still turned out to be superior
motorized Z ain't as manual as it could be...