Ok back again for more. A friend of mine is a cnc programmer and he is going to machine my bolt handle to accept the B.O knob. He needs to know the type of material the bolt is. I told him steel but that isn't good enough. My guess is a hardened steel maybe of 4140. Please guys any ideas would be helpful.
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Well do you have any buddys in the metal recycling business? They could shoot it x ray gun and tell you the alloy. I have machined bolt handles, carbide tooling works fine to whittle it down. It can be threaded with good quality die.
Well do you have any buddys in the metal recycling business? They could shoot it x ray gun and tell you the alloy. I have machined bolt handles, carbide tooling works fine to whittle it down. It can be threaded with good quality die.
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i don't have my program handy on this computer but i use the same program for both stainless and steel handles. off the top of my head i can't remember the feeds/speeds i used but i probably used feeds/speeds consistent with hard 4140.
i don't have my program handy on this computer but i use the same program for both stainless and steel handles. off the top of my head i can't remember the feeds/speeds i used but i probably used feeds/speeds consistent with hard 4140.
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with a little bit of attention, can be cutted with a dremel cutting wheel,finished with a bench grinding wheel,and even threaded by hand : for sure is steel,perhaps not-so-hardended,from what I have experimented_ I confirm that any carbide tool is more than apt to the work_
with a little bit of attention, can be cutted with a dremel cutting wheel,finished with a bench grinding wheel,and even threaded by hand : for sure is steel,perhaps not-so-hardended,from what I have experimented_ I confirm that any carbide tool is more than apt to the work_
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Just tell him to corn cob it with a 1/2 at 1500/10ipm. Finish at 1500 with a 5F and 10ipm.
Flood coolant.
Easy stuff.
C.
Just tell him to corn cob it with a 1/2 at 1500/10ipm. Finish at 1500 with a 5F and 10ipm.
Flood coolant.
Easy stuff.
C.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C. Dixon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just tell him to corn cob it with a 1/2 at 1500/10ipm. Finish at 1500 with a 5F and 10ipm.
Flood coolant.
Easy stuff.
C. </div></div>
Chad is speaking in tongues again (sigh). I'll get the holy water.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C. Dixon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just tell him to corn cob it with a 1/2 at 1500/10ipm. Finish at 1500 with a 5F and 10ipm.
Flood coolant.
Easy stuff.
C. </div></div>
Chad is speaking in tongues again (sigh). I'll get the holy water.
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Ok guys thanks for the help I told him 4140 probably which gave him the idea so he is going to machine it tomorrow. I'm pumped! BTW I received the new handle today and holy sh*t is it big much bigger than i thought.
Ok guys thanks for the help I told him 4140 probably which gave him the idea so he is going to machine it tomorrow. I'm pumped! BTW I received the new handle today and holy sh*t is it big much bigger than i thought.
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