advice for a noobie chainsaw user

[Stubby]

My friend who has his business next door to me runs 3 wire erosion machines, would that be any good Stubby?

 

He will not work for free, but is quite reasonable.

 

Mmmm . No not the wire erosion , that works like a band saw if you see what I mean . What I need is the vertical type that would be akin to a drill or vetical mill .

[chrismechanic]

i have a vertical mill stubby.

 

what do you need doing?

chris

[Stubby]

i have a vertical mill stubby.

 

what do you need doing?

chris

 

Don't need the mill just the vertical sparker . Like a Hurco or Sparkatron ?

[chrismechanic]

yer i see, i kinda misread the post blame it on the ale im drinking..

chris

[Stubby]

yer i see, i kinda misread the post blame it on the ale im drinking..

chris

 

No worries bud . Have one for me !

[chrismechanic]

ill have one for everyone

 

 

yer d2 is tool steel, the only way to cut it is to water or spark errode, water is only for roughing, very bad finnish, or grind which is slow..

[Eddy_t]

ill have one for everyone

 

 

yer d2 is tool steel, the only way to cut it is to water or spark errode, water is only for roughing, very bad finnish, or grind which is slow..

 

I am unfortunately aware now of how hard D2 is, apparently it gets even harder if you try and drill it with normal drills too! Although I was told cobalt drill bits would work

 

 

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[chrismechanic]

cobalt drills are tools steel with added cobalt, cobalt makes them a bit harder, although i doubt a cobalt drill would drill through cleanly.

 

the best bet to drill d2 would be diamond tipped drills.

good luck with that

 

just out of interest, what are you making out or this tool steel? and why does it need to be so hard?

chris

[Eddy_t]

cobalt drills are tools steel with added cobalt, cobalt makes them a bit harder, although i doubt a cobalt drill would drill through cleanly.

 

the best bet to drill d2 would be diamond tipped drills.

good luck with that

 

just out of interest, what are you making out or this tool steel? and why does it need to be so hard?

chris

 

It's a bloody old guide bar, but it's made for a geared version of my saw, so the holes are in the wrong place

Said guide bar on my saw

 

 

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[Stubby]

cobalt drills are tools steel with added cobalt, cobalt makes them a bit harder, although i doubt a cobalt drill would drill through cleanly.

 

the best bet to drill d2 would be diamond tipped drills.

good luck with that

 

just out of interest, what are you making out or this tool steel? and why does it need to be so hard?

chris

 

Spark it with a copper or graphite electrode . Simples