Relieving stainless steel liners without a mill?

ashwinearl

ashwinearl

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In searching I've come across two ideas for relieving liners without a mill. The first was an old post briefly mentioned a European technique of actually relieving the blade and not the liner. But the post didn't describe in detail and mentioned a surface grinder.

Another Idea I read involved etching away the area of relief. I tried experimenting with my etching unit and didn't seem to do much.

Any suggestions ideas of what can be achieved without a mill or surface grinder? I have relieved G10 liners using my drill press and dremel inlay bit.

thanks.
 
I've used a dremel cut off disk and cleaned up with files/sandpaper. It works but looks mehh.
This is what I did on my last one:

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Hengelo_77 said:
I've used a dremel cut off disk and cleaned up with files/sandpaper. It works but looks mehh.
This is what I did on my last one:

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That looks pretty impressive to me for something done with dremel. What is the red stuff?
 
Has anyone tried an endmill on a drill press? I am planning to try this on a slipjoint build I am working on and will post the results once I have finished. I was planning to limit the height that I can mill away, and then mark where I need to remove material and complete it that way. Thoughts on this approach?
 
Alex Kuhn said:
Has anyone tried an endmill on a drill press? I am planning to try this on a slipjoint build I am working on and will post the results once I have finished. I was planning to limit the height that I can mill away, and then mark where I need to remove material and complete it that way. Thoughts on this approach?
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Didn't work for me
 
I mill stuff with my drill press, it's not ideal but it's worked for me for some things. Just gotta be super careful
 
Lorien said:
Just gotta be super careful
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What he's referring to for those that don't know, is that the chuck is only held on the quill by friction...often it will fall off you side load it much. Nothing like a sharp tipped spinning top dancing all over your work piece to ruin your day and possibly your fingers.
 
and you also have to do very shallow passes, or I do, since I'm guiding the piece against the cutter by hand. Where you engage the cutter can determine whether the piece can be held or ripped from your hands- both potentially getting ruined. It's sort of like running a chainsaw, but with an optivisor
 
I've used an endmill in my press with a pilot. I drilled the pivot holes with a bit the size of the pilot. This holds the endmill in position. Works for making pockets for washers or in my case, bearings.
 
Kevin McGovern said:
I've used an endmill in my press with a pilot. I drilled the pivot holes with a bit the size of the pilot. This holds the endmill in position. Works for making pockets for washers or in my case, bearings.
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That's a counterbore, not an endmill.
 
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