Dan Miller Mar 9, 8:10 am show options
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking From: Dan Miller - Find messages by this author Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:10:28 -0800 Local: Wed, Mar 9 2005 8:10 am Subject: making sqare holes in steel Reply | Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse
I need to make a slot with square ends in a steel bar (0.25" wide and about 0.5" long). I'm thinking of using a 2 flute end mill and then sqaring up the corners with a file but wonder if there is a more precise way do do this with a broach or something? Any suggestions?
Thanks
Dan Miller
Shaper, or a shaper head on a Bridgeport.
John Martin