swyman
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I built an awesome splitter last winter that is Bobcat mounted. I used a 1" plate and is 18" tall. I have a good friend who is a machinist and he made the cutting edge for me. He used a 3" DIA round stock and milled it to a point. That is a lot of milling to shave a 3" piece to 1", anyway I then welded it to the main piece and works good. I want to add a 4 of 6 way to it and don't want to bother him to make more cuts. I am not a machinist but have a mill and am pretty handy with it but cannot figure out a good way to make the cutting edge. I should be able to cut an edge on whatever stock I plan to use instead of doing it like he did with a piece of round stock. I cannot figure out how to clamp it on the correct angle securely to the table. I could always use the torch or plasma then grind but would rather have the finish of the mill. How do you folks do it?