Jobs like that are the reason people buy SHAPERS > Here's my two penn'orth on the subject > > The casting for the axle boxes on the Sweet Pea is a single cast iron piece > long enough to make all 4 boxes. The axle boxes are flanged both sides, and > the casting is roughly the right shape - something like this.. > > i-i_____i-i > > The end mill I used was working in the skin pretty well everywhere and by > the time I'd machined the first side the corners of the cutter were well > rounded. When I did the second side I used coolant and the cutter finished > the side without noticably rounded corners. > > I accept that the skin may have been harder on the first side, and it's the > only experience I can offer on the subject. I'd certainly consider using > coolant in future, but not on something nicer to machine like continuous > cast. > > To be honest, I can't see why they bothered to make the casting with a slot > anyway, a simple rectangular block would have been easier to machine and > would save very little material. > > Cheers, > > JohnP > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.