milling a round

[gobbypunk]

Hi guys a customer has asked me to cut a round of magrncarta in half its about 1mtr across and 6-8 inches thick do you think I could cut in half withmy alaskan he wants 2 pices about 3inch thick still being quite new to milling I am not sure what do you all think

Cheers Mark

[bobh]

Done it with sitka, fiddly to set up if its not dead parallel already as you have to chock one end/side of the mill. I used two 3x2 and wedges to get them level.

 

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[agg221]

Yes it can be done, but ideally you want to put a crosscut chain on.

 

It's all in the set-up so consider your pricing carefully. To get it right you will spend a lot of time setting levels and positions relative to the very short time actually cutting. In a typical milling job you bang out board after board after board and the customer forgets the set-up time (if they're watching then it's all the in the building excitement phase).

 

I would make the cut by pivoting about a single point at the powerhead end. Anything else is hard to avoid rocking the nose end backwards, which will create ridges on the surface.

 

I love this kind of stuff, Burrell hates it (he likes flying through the boards) which is one of the reasons we work together well!

 

Alec

[gobbypunk]

Cheers guys i have a brand new cross cut chain will let you know how i get on

Cheers Mark