Re: How Would You Make This Part?

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:20:27 -0700, BottleBob <bottlbob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

To All:

There are 100 ways to skin a cat and I was just curious how others
might go about holding & making this simple part. It's 6" X 3" X .690
6061 Alum. with five .157 Dia. holes thru, two 4-40 Heli-Coil holes
drilled thru @ .121 Dia. .050 Walls. They only wanted 2 parts.


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1) Hold in vise, square and machine blanks
a) 6.000" -.001" x 3.000" x .750"
b) Machine 1/16 Outside Corner radiuses.
2) Hole in vise, stand part on side (6" side up)
c) Machine tabs drill and tap to finish dimensions

Soft Jaws http://tinyurl.com/5x7za9

3) Install Soft Jaws, chuck on .100" spacers
a) mill pocket 6.001 +.001" L, 3.000" W, .650" deep.






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