Originally Posted by
laka
.....We need to make a bunch of brass shear-pins with a slot on the face, I was thinking of using something like a hacksaw blade in the turret and moving the X axis across the face of the part with the spindle locked. Then just part them off.
Thanks
Don't use a hacksaw blade, just use a single point tool and take several cuts each a few thou deep. You should be able to do it at a very fast feed rate, maybe even a rapid, because your feed rate in this instance is actually your cutting speed.
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