Dear Guys,
Thanks for the advice. Another way would be similar to a rifling button cutter inside the pipe. I have seen the machinery to do button cutting and it used a twisted set of four square guides anchored in a circular end plate to drive the single bladed tool mounted on a a round...
Dear CS,
I have the resources of a fairly large machine shop that is a little bit in the dark ages. The longest bed lathe is an 8 footer. Although things have been retrofitted in most cases with NC contols it is mostly verniers. I must admit that GriffenGM's solution is a lot more...
Does anyone know of an efficient procedure to machine a helical opening in a plastic pipe?
The purpose of the design is to convey small dense particles at a low production rate from the bottom of a water bath. It encompasses a helical pipe rotating within pipe in a close tolerance.
I can...
