spooky
Aluminum
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2010
- Location
- West Virginia, USA
Hey All.
I have a part that I've been making out of 1018. Rough stock is 5.75X1.25X.5. The final part is only .160 thick (except for a boss, hence the .5 inch thickness)
I've been normalizing the stock before machining in my small furnace to avoid most of the warpage encountered when removing so much cold rolled mat'l.
Now I need to ramp up production and the normalization process will become a major bottleneck (and expensive). I've tried A36. That works sometimes, but can't always get a good fly cut finish on it. I've looked for hot roll or normalized 1018 and haven't had much luck.
Do any of you have any thoughts or experience in this realm?
Thanks Everyone,
Best,
CE
I have a part that I've been making out of 1018. Rough stock is 5.75X1.25X.5. The final part is only .160 thick (except for a boss, hence the .5 inch thickness)
I've been normalizing the stock before machining in my small furnace to avoid most of the warpage encountered when removing so much cold rolled mat'l.
Now I need to ramp up production and the normalization process will become a major bottleneck (and expensive). I've tried A36. That works sometimes, but can't always get a good fly cut finish on it. I've looked for hot roll or normalized 1018 and haven't had much luck.
Do any of you have any thoughts or experience in this realm?
Thanks Everyone,
Best,
CE