Re: CNC Knurling

Hi Jon,

You're right, with the hydraulic tailstock you would have to retract
back over your knurled surface. That's a case where you don't have a
choice.

I mentioned my problems knurling aluminum....the parts are a high-end
musical instrument knob with a diamond knurl pattern and annodized
black. I thought everything was going well until I got the parts
back from the annodizer-they had little white specks on them. The
white specks were spots where the embedded aluminum flecks had broken
loose in the annodizing process leaving some of the knurl facets
with the natural aluminum color. Most of my problem was in idling
the knurls on the workpiece and running back over an area.

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Jon Anderson <janders@n...> wrote:
> doug98105 wrote:
>
> > You NEVER want to idle the turning knurls on a workpiece and if
> > possible NEVER run the the knurls back over a knurled area.
>
> Doug,
>
> I've got a small B&S opposed knurl tool and have never used it. I've
> wondered about how to get it off the part after knurling. If one
doesn't
> retract along the part, then I assume you have to bring it off the
part
> in the X axis? What if I had to knurl a part in say, the Eguro with
> hydraulic tailstock where there is only one axis of travel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon