I'm trying to make some tubing bender dies for 1 1/2" tubing and am trying to figure out the best way to do it. I have casted some out of aluminum, but I would like to make them from steel. Basically I needed to cut a 1 1/2" diameter groove along the outside of a 1 3/4" thick, 10" dia. steel blank. I have a lathe and mill that can handle this size material, but what kind of tooling is needed? The mill is CNC and the lathe will be shortly. Thanks for any help!
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