Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] machining ballscrews

I've had good success with cubic boron inserts. Had a couple of "demo"
inserts in CNMG style and TPMR style.

gaffer

>Howdy
> I recently acquired a nice mill[Kasuga] and am wondering if anyone
>has tried this:
> Use a small lathe mounted on the mill table [maybe just the
>headstock] to hold and slowly turn the screw while grinding the end
>with apropriate cup wheel mounted in the mill spindle. I can run my
>spindle up to 10k rpm with inverter for short periods.
> I don't own a lathe and machinists that I have do end-machining
>always remark/complain about the hardness of screw .
> I was thinking up alternatives.
>
> Carl
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