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13th May 2021, 02:07 AM #16Most Valued Member
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Its a wear part, best not made from steel, particularly if your winch rope is synthetic soft fibre like Dyneema or Kevlar. If its steel, I'd be looking to put a roller fairlead on it, or replacing it with synthetic fibre.
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13th May 2021, 02:25 AM #17
Yes you are correct, I thought that you were referring to the body shape. For the slot you would have to take the bearing off the end of the cutter. Mill the slot first and then do the radiused edges, plenty of WD40 and you are good to go. You mentioned steel in a later post, take it very carefully using a 1/4" inch shank cutter, the slightest grab will bend the shank ! Again plenty of lube, I paint Trefolex on the workpiece.
HTH.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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13th May 2021, 09:16 AM #18Most Valued Member
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13th May 2021, 10:51 AM #19Golden Member
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Thanks for the replies.
I've got a winch at each end of my vehicle, the front one has always had synthetic rope on it but with a roller fairlead- these are not recommended for synth rope because the rope can tangle on them when slack. The rear has wire rope but I'm swapping it for synthetic. Figured I'd change both fairleads to the hawse type at the same time.
I might have to experiment with one of the never-used bits out of my cheap router bit set. Would be interesting to see how long it takes to disintegrate when introduced to some 4140!
I'll be not too far from Dandy South next Tuesday, might go over to one of the aluminium suppliers and pick up some suitable bar stock to carve a couple of these from.
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14th May 2021, 08:41 AM #20Most Valued Member
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Pete, unless you just want a project - might be worth a phone call first to find out what the stock is worth, as you can buy the hawses on eBay for around $35 delivered.
Steve
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14th May 2021, 09:23 AM #21Golden Member
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14th May 2021, 04:35 PM #22Gear expert in training
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14th May 2021, 08:09 PM #23
Router bits should work fine, probably buy the 1/2 shank ones.
If you want cheap carbide corner rounding check out these, 25mm radius $66au plus gst
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14th May 2021, 08:12 PM #24
AU $14.63 | 1PC 2/4Flutes R2-R30 Cemented Carbide Corner Rounding End Mills,Ball Nosed Concave Radius Milling Cutters (R2/R5/R8/R15/R25/R30)
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNWXbnP
Incase others are interested for steel, beats the HSS that needs sharpening
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14th May 2021, 11:19 PM #25Golden Member
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A mate brought me a few router bits that he just inherited from his dad, might get a chance to give it a try over the next few days.
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15th May 2021, 05:17 AM #26
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