Re: parting off with a drill?
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QuinnSjoblom
Yep, I'm gonna get a really tiny one. My Kaiser thinbit holder has been super handy for various odd applications. Thousands of insert options
I will have to look into that. I have an Iscar holder. I just use Thinbit for skinny grooves. Not sure what machine you have but I have a small overhead gang tooled Swiss that has very limited clearance between tool positions and the gap between the guide bushing and gang assembly. That eliminates a lot of insert tools.
Re: parting off with a drill?
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QuinnSjoblom
The product is a large performance RC helicopter. These models are commonly crashed and rebuilt so all replacement parts need to be available at all times..
Great business to be in. I had a friend who had a strange unjustified amount of confidence in his abilities yet he pretty much failed at any new task he tried. He had never even tried to use a remote control car or even a boat, yet he said he was going to buy a remote control helicopter. I told him to buy something easier and work his way up. He insisted it would be no problem. I swear that thing never got more than two feet off the ground before he crashed it. There was a hobby shop in town that sold parts for it, my friend who was on disability leave paid that shop daily visits. I think after about crash #50 he tossed that thing in the trash. I blame You Tube for his troubles. Too many people watch highly skilled people with a lot of experience do something and think "That looks easy, I can do that." They don't realize it is the operator's skill that makes it look easy, not that the task is easy.
Re: parting off with a drill?
We also don't have subspindles on our lathes so sometimes the cut off can be tricky especially on small parts.
We will program the cut off to almost cut it off then turn off the coolant for the last .010 or so and reduce the feed and the part will drop into the parts catcher. Almost always.
Like others have said, angled sharp thin cut off blade.