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  1. 19th Sep 2017, 06:24 PM #1
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    Default Dodging Dovetail Headaches: 7 Common Dovetail Mistakes

    Found this on an email sent to me by Harvey Tools, and thought it might be of interest to the members.

    Dodging Dovetail Headaches: 7 Common Dovetail Mistakes - In The Loupe - Machinist Blog

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    Be very careful of those dovetail recommendations to climb mill . The tools they are referring to are quit a bit more rounded and stronger than the 45 degree or 60 degree dovetail cutters commonly used by hobbists and CNC machines have full movement control in both feed directions . If you climb mill them on a sloppy manual mill the fine outer points will break off easily . I know I have broken a few that way . Stick with conventional milling and take light cuts .
    Machine a slot first to ease the load on the cutter and to allow coolant to flood in and get swarf out . Try to avoid a dovetail that requires only one pass . Cutting on one side at a time is better .
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    Most of that info is for milling dovetail Oring grooves in a CNC mill.
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