I want to build a milling machine to mill bamboo strips. I am looking for any info I can.
on horizontal milling. And info on fixering it. I sure could use some help getting me going.
Thank you
Ray Davies

I used to be a machinist, but I really have no idea what you are asking here??? "fixering"?? I would try to help if I could figure out what you are asking.

Ray,
Check out : www.powerfibers.com. Get the Current Issue (Upper left hand corner). There is an article which might interest you. The file is a .pdf format. If you decide to build one, let me know how it turns out.



Lance Rogge - Colorado

He probably means fixturing.....

Ray;
Google up all the pictures of bamboo milling machines you can find , then put your imagination to work. There are basically 2 kinds of machines you can build yourself, router based machines that use straight cutters and tilt the strips to 60 degrees and require many passes to mill the strip, or machines that use 60 degree included angle cutters, either router driven or by either mounting the cutters to the shaft of an electric motor , or mounted to a shaft and driven by pulley. the main thing to keep in mind is that the geometry has to be correct and that there can be absolutly no slop in what drives the cutter. Good luck
john