I would like to make some smaller auger to be used in a salt spreading device that I'm working on. I have a Haas VF-2 with an Auger and looking that that auger it looks like they had some really HEAVY duty machinery to bend some steel square flat into the helical shape. Of course that is way beyond my capabilities in my shop. Can an auger actually be machining out of bar solid on a 4-axis vertical mill (my Haas VF-2 w/ rotary table)? Is this something that is commonly done?
cheers,
Paul