Hello everyone, thanks for letting me lurk for so long. most of what I have learned about machining has been from this site but I have finnally found a problem I need some help with. My material is 6061, 1"x3/16" and 6ft long. I need to slot it lengthwise on both the thin sides 1/16" wide and 5/16" deep.
I have a benchtop CNC mill but only doing 6" sections at a time in my vise would be painful. The slot width has a wide tolerance range so I found a skill saw blade that was .0675 thick so I tryed it on a table saw with a fence on both sides of the stock but the blade would walk back and forth and start to weld to the aluminum.
Any great ideas? I have 6 lengths to do so I need to come up with something. To bad extrusions aren't cheeper for small runs. Thanks again!