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Mach Discussion => FAQs => Topic started by: artrans on February 04, 2009, 04:33:34 PM

Title: milling a part
Post by: artrans on February 04, 2009, 04:33:34 PM

i want to mill a connecting rod out of 1/4 plate alum to start so lets say I have a piece of plate 4 inches wide 10 inches long a mount that in the mill do I need a hole in the center of the connecting rod to hold it to the machine or what happens when it is cut out. ???

Title: Re: milling a part
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on February 16, 2009, 08:02:11 AM

Usually the two holes at either end of the con rod are cnc drilled/milled and these are used to secure it to a sacrifical plate (wood perhaps) then it is profile cut.

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.