Cutting stainless????
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Cutting stainless????
I am making a couple of things out of 1/2" solid stainless rod. What I need to know is what kind of drill bit will bore through stainless, for some cotter pins, and what is best for cutting it? Thanks.
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Yes band Saw will work, Few years back I had 7' of 6" round stock stainless steel.
I cut it all up and precision ground it and made a full stainless steel dumb bell set. There all in 2 1/2 pound increments from 5 lbs. to 45 lbs. Heads are all welded on to stainless steel handles. Numbers were all CNC cut into the heads of the weights
LOL...They are the most accurate set of dumbells you will ever find. Got tired of making them, lot of people have tried to buy them from me. ;-)
Anyways I cut it all with a coolant feed band saw.
Stainless is actually soft, but it's gummy and thats why its hard on tooling.
Jon
I cut it all up and precision ground it and made a full stainless steel dumb bell set. There all in 2 1/2 pound increments from 5 lbs. to 45 lbs. Heads are all welded on to stainless steel handles. Numbers were all CNC cut into the heads of the weights
LOL...They are the most accurate set of dumbells you will ever find. Got tired of making them, lot of people have tried to buy them from me. ;-)
Anyways I cut it all with a coolant feed band saw.
Stainless is actually soft, but it's gummy and thats why its hard on tooling.
Jon