Any machinists here? What would be the best way to cut a 2x2x2"

>>1123976
hog it out with a roughing endmill
then use the smallest endmill you have to straighten the corners as best you can

>>1123981
That's what I was thinking

What other alternatives can you think of doing the job?

>>1123986
it would be less wasteful to weld the cube you need out of pieces of sheet aluminum

>>1123976
Use a square hole drill with the right configuration so you don't get a hex hole, which I think is the more common one.

>>1123986
>>1123976

I'm not entirely clear...but it sounds like you want a pocket hole?

If that's the case, the first suggestion is arguably the most correct. No machinist would think twice about how to do it. If, for some reason, however, you can't do that, best I could suggest is drill out most of it, flatten the bottom with an endmill, and clean up the corners/side as best you can with a chisel.

It'll be ugly and take forever, but it'll work if all you need is a mostly-square pocket hole. Can't really think of any other way that isn't ridiculously impractical. Unless you are set up for casting. In which case, "duh".

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>>1123997
>it would be less wasteful to weld the cube you need out of pieces of sheet aluminum

Confirmed for dumbass. Small billet like OPs pic isn't expensive. Making a weldment for something that small is retarded, and expecting a weldment to be precise without finish machining even more so.

>>1123976
Drill and broach

>>1124056
Nevermind I can't read. How sharp do you need the corners?

>>1123976
Plunge EDM

rotary broach

or maybe a shaper

>>1124066
Shapers are cool. My machinistbro has a Cincinnati made in 1913 which is nearly immaculate and has enormous torque. He uses it rarely, but when he does it makes him money.

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>>1123997

>>1123976
drill the biggest hole you can then use a tin nibbler

>>1124066
>Plunge EDM
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>>1123997
"No"

>>1123976
Mill it out or sink and burn in an edm are your literal only options