Took on a job the other day that several shops had turned away.
It was a high pressure pump body with a .625 bore with a depth of 2.8"
The bore finish needed to be a 16um.
The material was 1018 steel.
I used a Kennametal Tenthset boring head and a 3/8" valenite boring bar to do
the boring.
After tweaking on a scrap bit I achieved a pretty good finish so I got on with
the job.
I made five parts and they only wanted four so I milled a quarter section away
so I could see how the bore finish was right out of the Tormach.
We measured it at 24um.
I did have to hone the parts a bit to get the required finish but I was truely
amazed once more at the capabilities of this little machine.
I believe had I had balanced tooling I could have achieved the finish on the
mill.
So whats the next challenge?
Regards
Peter