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Machining aluminum
Please advise any information on milling T6061 aluminum. I have tried O-flute, 2-flute, 3-flute and 4-flute (in high speed steel and carbide) at speeds from 2500rpm to 17Krpm and feed rates from 20 inches/min to 75 inches/min without coolant, with compressed air, with a mister and flooding it...- lugnuts67
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- Forum: Machines & Machining engineering
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Have you seen?
I had been contemplating the limiting factor for the modern internal combustion engine and came to the conclusion that it is the valve design. Then I started to sketch out a rotating barstock system with ports cut into it and looked around on the net for similar ideas. Has anyone else looked...- lugnuts67
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- Forum: Engine & fuel engineering
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Torque plate twist
Just a question. I was wondering if an aluminum torque plate should be used if you are going to use aluminum heads - I know they don't but should they? It seems that if the torque plate is to simulate the distortion of the block when the head is properly torqued down so that the cylinder is as...- lugnuts67
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- Forum: Engine & fuel engineering
