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One for the mech engineers
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Posted 6 months ago #
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trouble is they can still only make round pegs
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90%
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I bet keeping vibration down is a pain.
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I want one of those, if only just to really confuse people
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That's fantastic!
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in it!!! classed as rotary broaching
Posted 6 months ago # -
seems a little bit daft though, since the holes are pre-drilled with a normal bit and still have a radius in the corners you might as well just use a normal mill? Unless you don't already have a mill, though I'm not sure how you'd have made the base material block if you didn't.
Though it does look like it's much deeper than you'd want to go with a 2mm milling bit I guess.
Posted 6 months ago # -
That's not a rotary broach, it's a variation of a Watts drill, which has been around for a long time.
This explains the theory behind it - http://www.maa.org/mathtourist/mathtourist_08_31_09.html
Rotary broaching has a limited working depth due to the cutter being set at an angle limiting the length of cutting bit, whereas a watts drill only has limitations similar to a normal drill.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Clever, I wonder what the arrangement is that allows/manages the off-centre rotation...bit like a Wankel rotor?
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