Kondia FV-1 Head disassembly

[PixMan]

I am so short on time having to take care of my mother after work most days, so it was nice of the guy to give me the chunk of stock and you to give me a pass on it being just a tad short.

Here's today's progress, though again interrupted when my daughter failed to show up to care for mom. I separated the contour into two different programs and it worked MUCH better that way. I'll get more time this week, an hour or two here & there to mill the round boss, drill holes and get the milling down to where the first attempt was (until I discovered my screw-up on stock thickness.

I milled this with a 1/2" 3-flute solid carbide end mill it less than half the time it took using a 3/4" 3-insert cutter the last time. That end mill just murdered the steel, and left a better finish!