More progress has been made on the fluting press. We have most of the mechanical components made. I will be starting the hydraulics and digital read out soon.
A couple of views of the fluting machine mounted.
Close up of the tool holder. Still a little work to be done to this
The adjustable mounting chuck.
close up of the location hole and degree angles.
Are you going to use a single point tool? Having pin points at every ten degrees suggests lots of plunges?
I will be using a 3-point cutting tool and in the cast of the VG1-5 we will make 9 flutes.
That would make sense as it would self-center and be the least amount of cold-weld drag. Are you going to use some kind of high pressure grease?
so you built your own fluting machine? that’s so cool
Anything new on this front?