Is there a "kink" for setting up a slitting saw to saw throughround bar stock along the axis, so that the slot is exactlyacross a diameter? (I presume this to be a similar problem tosetting up accurately for cross-drilling)This is actually a Ham Radio application; I wish to makeup some very large banana-type plugs from the 1/4" roundbar stock that I have in small quantities. For this, I will needto saw two diameters in a cross shape, and then splayout the leaves slightly to make a springy and rubbing contact.

I put the saw mandrel in a lathe chuck and made a block with a hole andsetscrew to mount on the cross-slide. Did this to slit the threaded end of abolt - it has a countersunk hole lengthways through it and when a smallerscrew is thightened it locks the threads. This bolt is the mount for aball-turning attachment; I wanted to be able to lock the mounting bolt atthe right clearance without having it cock or move sideways, so a locknutand a setscrew were both out.I had to thread the hole through my block, but you don't need that. If youwanted to get fancy you could make a shouldered sleeve with your setscrewholding the stock, drill a hole in the shoulder, and two holes in the blockfor a pin to set your 90 degree cuts.

Setting up slitting saw for round stock?

Jan 13, 2005 22 Replies

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Airy R.Bean 21 years ago

Stupid boy.

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Cecil Moore 21 years ago

I've got some that are about 0.3 inches in diameter.

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CW 21 years ago

There are various methods. First, you have to specify what kind of equipment you are using. You never did say. BTW, American speakers spell it center. We left England so we were free to do it a better way.

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