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Carbide pins? Dowel pins aren't hard enough?
If the pins are harder than the knurls, isn't that just as bad?
If the pins are harder than the knurls, isn't that just as bad?
This type of knurling is a forming process not a cutting process, if you are developing chips something is already off.
There are cut knurling tools which work a charm and require less load on the machine itself. The cost will scare off most hobbyists I suspect.
http://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/03298635
It appears that most of the US Companies that stuck with producing tools for manufacturing and never dabbled in the consumer/hobbyist market are doing fine. Dumont for example, can't buy their broaches and bushings at home depot I suspect.American tool companies wonder why people are looking for alternatives to their over priced tools!
Sorry, Nightwing, but I don't understand. Could you elaborate on that, please?