Knurling flat

[Jim F]

Is it possible to put a knurl finish on flat stock, using a knurling tool ?

 

[rabler]

I'd think you could rig something to use a fence and some rollers under a light press.

 

[C-Bag]

The best way I know of is to use a shaper. Saw a guy on YouTube make vise jaws that way. Angle the stock, set the feed to the spacing you want and do the first pass. Then reset the material to the opposite angle and do the pass. What are you trying to do?

 

[francist]

Jewelry makers use embossing dies to roll patterned lengths of stick for bracelets, bezel strips, etc but the rollers/dies are usually quite a bit bigger and of course the metal tends to be soft (copper, silver, etc). Same idea though.

Here’s a couple images to get your imagination going for making a machine though…





-frank

 

[benmychree]

I used to make a lot of friction blocks for bottling machines, I did it on shapers, using a steel base block like a soft parallel, the parts were about 6" long and 1" wide and 1/4" thick, I welded lengths of identical stock onto the parallel at each end of the blank and used vise hold downs the clamp the blanks down; I used a regular diamond pattern knurling tool to do the work, the parts were knurled on both sides and subsequently case hardened. This is not a job for a toy shaper, it needs to be done by a heavy enough machine to take the rather high forces to make the impression. I saw this being done in the shop that I apprenticed, where it was done on a 24" G&E Industrial Universal shaper.

 

[Jim F]

The best way I know of is to use a shaper. Saw a guy on YouTube make vise jaws that way. Angle the stock, set the feed to the spacing you want and do the first pass. Then reset the material to the opposite angle and do the pass. What are you trying to do?

Light knurl finish to prevent slippage.
Think mag release.

 

[Jim F]

No shaper in my future.
Needs to be light.

 

[sycle1]

Have a look on youtube I am sure I saw a video on someone doing just that.
Sorry can't remember who it was though.

 

[mmcmdl]

Jim , you could cut a vee pattern in a mill very easily with an angle cutter . Right angle head or horizontal mill would be the preferred method .

 

[FOMOGO]

You need one of those square chucks for your lathe.