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mathew.hutton
in reply to: Anonymous

Hi @ege.gener 

 

Have to agree with Vic here, you would be far better off doing this on a milling machine with 4th axis than using the live tooling on a lathe. The only advantage i can think of is not having multiple setups where you need to re-datum the part (this is where inaccuracy can creep in from having multiple setups). The only way you'd be able to produce this on a lathe would be to have a special form tool made to the same geometry as the groove and try a screw cutting cycle but that would be a very difficult route to take. I'd probably stick to the safe option and mill the grooves. 

 

Mat 



Mathew Hutton
Manufacturing Specialist