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stu says:
July 8th, 2010 at 12:04 amwow man, thats awesome!!!so stoked on the progress u have been making out there…jealous that i cant be out there right now….hopefully will make it out again at some point in the future…
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Demented Chihuahua says:
July 8th, 2010 at 11:01 amVery nice progress. A large capacity drill press is key to making some of the equipment you want. Very good work.
Demented
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Ram says:
July 9th, 2010 at 5:23 amNice one there Marcin its real heavy duty except that the structure looks like it is not rigid enough and you made that point. How do you plan to make drill bits?
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Marcin says:
July 9th, 2010 at 12:34 pmWe don’t have a clear idea on making drill bits yet. If you have suggestions, let us know.
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Leo Dearden says:
July 10th, 2010 at 4:35 amFirstly: Awesome! Well done, again. A truly useful tool.
It seems to me that the drill bits are a vitamin for the moment (at this stage we can’t make them, so we must eat – import – buy – them into the system).
When our replab distributed industrial base is a lot more mature, we’ll start making high precision things from hard materials, but I think that’s over the planning horizon on the road map at the moment: many other capabilities come first.
Two possible improvements occur to me:
- Use coolant. Cutting coolant can radically improve tool life, cut quality, and cut speed. Recirculating flood coolant systems are easy to make. I’ll publish the details of mine if you’re interested.
- Use a drill with a replaceable cabide tip insert, such as these spade drills . The super-hard insert lasts something like 10 times longer than a HSS drill and is cheaper to replace than a whole new drill. Result: reduced cost per hole for large numbers of holes.
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Leo Dearden says:
July 10th, 2010 at 4:46 amRegarding how to make cutting tools, my favoured approach is:
Sinter tungsten carbide (TC) or poly-crystaline diamond (PCD) blanks in appropriate shapes.
Cast ceramic grinding tool blanks (Boron Nitride?). Dress them against each other in odd numbered sets on a CNC grinder/dresser.
Grind the tools on a 5 axis CNC grinder.
Use laser metrology (measurement) throughout to get high accuracy and precision using the wavelength and straightness of of the laser as references.
Coat the tools with a hard ceramic such as TiCN or TiBN.
I know this is high tech. You can see why I’m saying “Not for a few years”. Let’s be clear: I expect to do this. Just not now.
We can probably make HSS tools sooner. However, carbide tools are required for high speed machining or hard turning or working efficiently with abrasive materials including MDF, High Si Al alloys, and cast iron.
I think we can rely on the current status quo to provide us with TC inserts at reasonable cost for a few years yet.
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Ram says:
July 10th, 2010 at 1:47 pmHi there Marcin as for the drill bits I guess the grooves can be rolled and then twisted but that would need you furnace etc. Another way would be to used a die with machined inner region to create the grove impression in a heated steel barstock. These would depend on the tolerances you are aiming for and for factor e farm would be entirely appropriate.
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Marcin says:
July 11th, 2010 at 10:55 amLeo, please share the technique for building a recirculating fluid coolant system, including the choice of cutting fluids.
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mimarob says:
July 12th, 2010 at 5:21 amI remember from shop class ages ago that we had a drill with a hose that you’d aim at the drilling center, then the coolant would just run down to a tray, get filtered from the cut left-overs and simply pumped up again.
Probably just some kind of oil with a high viscosity.
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Stefan @ KombinatG says:
July 12th, 2010 at 3:46 pmYou use a emulsifier blend (water+oil 2-5%).
You can buy these watermixable oil and you just need a bit and mix it with water.Ordinary soap should work as emulsifier maybe.
Water cools, oil lubricates, its both important.
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July 8th, 2010 at 12:04 am
wow man, thats awesome!!!so stoked on the progress u have been making out there…jealous that i cant be out there right now….hopefully will make it out again at some point in the future…
July 8th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Very nice progress. A large capacity drill press is key to making some of the equipment you want. Very good work.
Demented
July 9th, 2010 at 5:23 am
Nice one there Marcin its real heavy duty except that the structure looks like it is not rigid enough and you made that point. How do you plan to make drill bits?
July 9th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
We don’t have a clear idea on making drill bits yet. If you have suggestions, let us know.
July 10th, 2010 at 4:35 am
Firstly: Awesome! Well done, again. A truly useful tool.
It seems to me that the drill bits are a vitamin for the moment (at this stage we can’t make them, so we must eat – import – buy – them into the system).
When our replab distributed industrial base is a lot more mature, we’ll start making high precision things from hard materials, but I think that’s over the planning horizon on the road map at the moment: many other capabilities come first.
Two possible improvements occur to me:
- Use coolant. Cutting coolant can radically improve tool life, cut quality, and cut speed. Recirculating flood coolant systems are easy to make. I’ll publish the details of mine if you’re interested.
- Use a drill with a replaceable cabide tip insert, such as these spade drills . The super-hard insert lasts something like 10 times longer than a HSS drill and is cheaper to replace than a whole new drill. Result: reduced cost per hole for large numbers of holes.
July 10th, 2010 at 4:46 am
Regarding how to make cutting tools, my favoured approach is:
Sinter tungsten carbide (TC) or poly-crystaline diamond (PCD) blanks in appropriate shapes.
Cast ceramic grinding tool blanks (Boron Nitride?). Dress them against each other in odd numbered sets on a CNC grinder/dresser.
Grind the tools on a 5 axis CNC grinder.
Use laser metrology (measurement) throughout to get high accuracy and precision using the wavelength and straightness of of the laser as references.
Coat the tools with a hard ceramic such as TiCN or TiBN.
I know this is high tech. You can see why I’m saying “Not for a few years”. Let’s be clear: I expect to do this. Just not now.
We can probably make HSS tools sooner. However, carbide tools are required for high speed machining or hard turning or working efficiently with abrasive materials including MDF, High Si Al alloys, and cast iron.
I think we can rely on the current status quo to provide us with TC inserts at reasonable cost for a few years yet.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Hi there Marcin as for the drill bits I guess the grooves can be rolled and then twisted but that would need you furnace etc. Another way would be to used a die with machined inner region to create the grove impression in a heated steel barstock. These would depend on the tolerances you are aiming for and for factor e farm would be entirely appropriate.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:55 am
Leo, please share the technique for building a recirculating fluid coolant system, including the choice of cutting fluids.
July 12th, 2010 at 5:21 am
I remember from shop class ages ago that we had a drill with a hose that you’d aim at the drilling center, then the coolant would just run down to a tray, get filtered from the cut left-overs and simply pumped up again.
Probably just some kind of oil with a high viscosity.
July 12th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
You use a emulsifier blend (water+oil 2-5%).
You can buy these watermixable oil and you just need a bit and mix it with water.
Ordinary soap should work as emulsifier maybe.
Water cools, oil lubricates, its both important.