What has been your experience in creating a 'lathe' part on a CNC vertical mill?
I need two small idler rollers.
I want to put say 6-1/2" of 1-1/4" dia. CRS round bar in an R8 end mill holder and turn 2" (total) of the length down to 1" OD to press into needle bearings.
Between these axles, I want to turn a .3125" radius semicircle feature and a couple lands. Other operations will include some polishing and parting off.
There will be no drilling.
Your thoughts please?
- Don't do it. It'll be Chatter City?
- Do it but here are a couple gotchas?
- Buy a rotary table and use a ball end mill?
- Send me your sketch and I will bang out a couple on my real CNC lathe?
- Make a form tool and make these parts on my Sherline lathe?
- Send a sketch out to a machinist?
Thanks!
--Winston