What is skiving?

[Nelson]

I saw this term used, and wondered what it was, so I Googled it and came up with this: http://www.productionmachining.com/articles/the-forgotten-art-of-skiving

Has anyone has real experience with this?

 

[GaryK]

I saw this term used, and wondered what it was, so I Googled it and came up with this: http://www.productionmachining.com/articles/the-forgotten-art-of-skiving

Has anyone has real experience with this?

They use the same process in woodworking to make baseball bats, balusters or anything spindly.

 

[8ntsane]

Also used by leather workers, there was a post here just a few days back about a shop built skiver. They use them in leather crafting for belts, straps and such. Its like a planer for leather. To make belts uniform thinkness through out its length. You can see them at Tandy Leather factory on you-tube. That's the only type of skiver Im aware of, but presumably other types as well.

 

[darkzero]

I'm not sure if it's the same term or process but many years ago I used to use skived copper heatsinks when building computers. That's first time I have heard of the term & looked up what it was at that time.

This is the skiving that I am aware of.....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiving_machine The photo on that page shows a skived heatsink being made. As far as the machine that does it I have no idea.

 

[4GSR]

I've seen a similar process used to finish or semi-finish the ID of steel tubes like for hydraulic cylinders. The tubes I've dealth with were around 6" OD x 4" ID x 10 to 20 foot long. The finish left was around 32-63 finish and held to very close tolerance. This was also done before the tube was honed to a finished size.

 

[twstoerzinger]

The "skiving" term is also used for the equipment that produces the veneer layers use to form plywood. A log is placed in the lathe, as the log turns, the skiving knife is advanced into the log such that a continuous, constant thickness, veneer of wood is taken. These layers are then cross lapped and glued to make the familiar plywood structure.

My former employer used to (probably still does) make Teflon pipe tread tape using a skiving process. A round of Teflon stock is placed in the lathe and the skiving knife forms the thin Teflon tape - I guess the tape is actually a continuous "chip."

Terry S.

 

[hermetic]

Also a slang term in the UK for one who avoids work ;-)