A milling attachment is heavy and cumbersome, and there is always the chance of accidentally dropping it on the ways. I came up with this piece to cut notches in tubing without resorting to a milling attachment.
Chuck up a hex shank hole saw, mount this little attachment, and you are good to go. The longitudinal power feed makes it automatic. It cuts solids like butter as well.
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Great idea and I will keep it in mind.
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I was thinking along the same lines but stuck on fixing centre height for different tubes... Your V block only needs setting once so sorts that. Thanks.
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Very good idea! Thanks!
Congratulations tmate3 - your Lathe Tubing Notcher Attachment is the Homemade Tool of the Week!
Excellent solution, and I expect we'll be seeing more people adapting your clever idea.
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Nice work!
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Very nice solution. Did a similar thing on suspension parts when helping a friend build a street rod back in the 70's. My cobbled together method worked, but was not nearly as elegant.
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