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8th April 2014, 02:39 AM #1
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Looking for a 3/16" x 1" woodruff slot cutter
I need a 3/16" x 1" woodruff slot cutter for a one off job, after which it will never be used again. I'm shocked at the prices of the local P&N woodruff cutters ($100 +) and CTC etc aren't into woodruff cutters.
I can get away with a 3/4" or 7/8" diameter cutter, or I can make 2 cuts with a 4mm wide metric cutter.
Any thoughts on sources?
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8th April 2014, 06:13 AM #2
Are you wanting to cut a "T" slot ?
If so then I would mill a slot of the right width and fly cut each half.Best Regards:
BaronJ.
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8th April 2014, 09:46 AM #3
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8th April 2014, 11:21 AM #4
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I tend to avoid woodruff keys like the plaque.... Industry likes them because I assume they are quicker and cheaper to make.. Compared to a featherway key..
In making replacement parts I just replace woodruff keys with featherway keysLight red, the colour of choice for the discerning man.
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10th April 2014, 01:13 AM #5
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Probably a more attractive offer - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/25-32-x-3...item19db7a6ec3
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10th April 2014, 07:52 AM #6
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A very vague "I might have one" has turned into a " how about that - I do have one"
Send me a PM if you want to borrow it.
Michael
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10th April 2014, 08:40 AM #7
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10th April 2014, 10:42 AM #8
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Thanks for the loan offers guys, but I'd really rather buy and use my own woodruff cutter.
Reason being that when I stuff up the loaner I need to buy a replacement anyway.
That said, I think RC has the right answer, there are alternatives. While a woodruff key is kosher for what I'm working on, I can get by with milling a slot in the shaft and using a conventional key.
For the one or two of you that like me know little about woodruff cutters, while I was roaming US ebay I noticed that a lot of the cutters on there are only described by a 3 or 4 digit number rather than thickness x diameter. Turns out that the last 2 digits are the cutter diameter in 1/8"s and the first one or two digits are the cutter thickness in 1/32"s. eg a 1011 cutter is 5/16" x 1 3/8" a 608 cutter is 3/16" x 1" etc. A little more arcane knowledge.
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16th November 2014, 01:10 PM #9
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16th November 2014, 02:47 PM #10
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Hi Bob,
There isn't a name for such key but if I had to call it something I would say it is an 'inverted peg feather'
Although a few other descriptions have sprung to mind but not printable.
Phil
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16th November 2014, 03:11 PM #11
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I suppose it is another version of a stepped key. What I know as a stepped key is a T section key which is quite common in the old Chevrolet world, among others, where it is often necessary to fit a back hub with a 2" long by 1/4" wide keyway to an axle which has been remachined with a 5/16 or 3/8 wide keyway because the original keyway has been flogged out beyond reasonable re-use. I imagine it was cheaper to do that than to replace the whole axle.
Frank.