What I need is I have the 3/8 one and need to know what size to make the slot, and what do I need to make it. I have a mill but it is 1/2 , Iam new at all this. It took me a 4 weeks to figure out how to run it, go thing for youtub, What Iam doing is making a milling plate out of 6061. It is 24in, long 9in wide 1 1/2thick, got it cheap thanks Brett
t nuts ! or that thing that goes in a milling machine slot in the table
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Hi Brett;
If you mean you want to put T-slots in that aluminum plate, then you use a T-slot cutter.
You use a regular end mill to cut the narrow part of the slot all the way to where the bottom will be, then set the depth for the T-slot cutter, and cut the "T's".
You can buy the cutter at most machining supply stores.
Dean
If you mean you want to put T-slots in that aluminum plate, then you use a T-slot cutter.
You use a regular end mill to cut the narrow part of the slot all the way to where the bottom will be, then set the depth for the T-slot cutter, and cut the "T's".
You can buy the cutter at most machining supply stores.
Dean
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When you're cutting the slot with an endmill, going a little deeper than the slot cutter will be will;
1. give the t-slots some chip clearance, so every little crumb that falls in the slots doesn't stop you from sliding a nut through.
2. make the job easier for the keycutter you're following it with, by reducing rubbing of the cutter face and providing chip clearance during the cut.
1. give the t-slots some chip clearance, so every little crumb that falls in the slots doesn't stop you from sliding a nut through.
2. make the job easier for the keycutter you're following it with, by reducing rubbing of the cutter face and providing chip clearance during the cut.
