Ring billet slots

[BHQ]

Have you tried stacking them? The reason I ask is you can run into problems with the set of the teeth, or alternately if the teeth are straight and the plate is hollow ground. Just curious if everything is really flat and they gang well.

Thanks.

yes i have
there's no kerf on those blades

 

[MVPCues]

I did something similar to what I described with my jet lathe when I got frustrated with stitched ring designs I wanted to do would not match the width of a slot cutter (vertical router position) or already owned endmill (horizontal router position). I never considered getting slot cutters custom ground to a particular thickness. That sounds good, but when stacking veneer strips to do different ring designs, after laminating them together, the thickness often varies from one set of veneers to another.

I also liked the idea of actually milling the slots in a conventional sense with finish passes taking off only .002 of stock on each side for a cleaner cut. When I was using my JET to make ring billets, I was using a 5C spin indexer mounted to a pedestal that brought the billet up to lathe center height. Instead of raising/lowering the router I made riser plates for the indexer. I raised the billet up and used a 1/16" slot cutter to mill slots from below the billet with the router in the horizontal position. This way I could use the cross slide to mill a slot to any thickness I wanted, as long as it was > 1/16".

When I read the OP's post, I was reminded of what I did. I sort of thought he was looking for more slot thickness options than 1/16", but I was mistaken and my post probably wasn't helpful. After more posts, it sounds more like he wants to be able to turn, then make a ring billet without changing the router position, router height, and even the router bit.

 

[BHQ]

I did something similar to what I described with my jet lathe when I got frustrated with stitched ring designs I wanted to do would not match the width of a slot cutter (vertical router position) or already owned endmill (horizontal router position). I never considered getting slot cutters custom ground to a particular thickness. That sounds good, but when stacking veneer strips to do different ring designs, after laminating them together, the thickness often varies from one set of veneers to another.

I also liked the idea of actually milling the slots in a conventional sense with finish passes taking off only .002 of stock on each side for a cleaner cut. When I was using my JET to make ring billets, I was using a 5C spin indexer mounted to a pedestal that brought the billet up to lathe center height. Instead of raising/lowering the router I made riser plates for the indexer. I raised the billet up and used a 1/16" slot cutter to mill slots from below the billet with the router in the horizontal position. This way I could use the cross slide to mill a slot to any thickness I wanted, as long as it was > 1/16".

When I read the OP's post, I was reminded of what I did. I sort of thought he was looking for more slot thickness options than 1/16", but I was mistaken and my post probably wasn't helpful. After more posts, it sounds more like he wants to be able to turn, then make a ring billet without changing the router position, router height, and even the router bit.

the downside of my setup , is i have to make the material fit the slot.
rather than making the slot fit the materials
that's where my drum sander comes into play

 

[Mc2]

I am almost done putting together a multipurpose cnc-d taper machine with indexable head for tapering shafts and hopefully cutting slots in ring billets. The way that my router is mounted it is vertical on since I only have 2 axis (axes just doesn't look right my cutter can only cut along the side of the stock to be cut. I do not really want to have to mess around with turning the router horizontal when I cut slots. Are there any options for say super thin router type slot cutters or jeweler's saw? Or will I just have to suck it up and pivot the router?

Axis is singular and axes is plural for an axis.

Jim.

 

[JC]

I am almost done putting together a multipurpose cnc-d taper machine with indexable head for tapering shafts and hopefully cutting slots in ring billets. The way that my router is mounted it is vertical on since I only have 2 axis (axes just doesn't look right my cutter can only cut along the side of the stock to be cut. I do not really want to have to mess around with turning the router horizontal when I cut slots. Are there any options for say super thin router type slot cutters or jeweler's saw? Or will I just have to suck it up and pivot the router?

I bought another router and mount so once I had it set up level and centered I could set it aside and use it later without any time wasted re setting it up for ring billets. Sometimes we don't take our time into consideration as a cost when in reality that's all we have of any real value in this life. Not to mention the wood we screw up when the setup isn't exact in all planes.

 

[john coloccia]

I bought another router and mount so once I had it set up level and centered I could set it aside and use it later without any time wasted re setting it up for ring billets. Sometimes we don't take our time into consideration as a cost when in reality that's all we have of any real value in this life. Not to mention the wood we screw up when the setup isn't exact in all planes.

JC

Guitar builders like me tend to collect routers for just this reason. I think I had about a dozen at my peak.

 

[mortuarymike-nv]

Hey I am just posting photos

Dremel mounted on the tool post 038 slitting saw

Ridgid mount ( TSP ) with a arbor and slitting saw from Chris Hightower ( cue man billiards )


Deco Cues also make router mounts .

Are you trying to do 24 slot rings ?