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I'm looking at making a series of narrow slots, probably 0.01" wide and a 0.005" depth and 0.01" spacing.
I've tried doing this with a standard angle LH or RH cutter, but the grooves are not distinct enough, mostly just being a texture, rather than distinct grooves. I'm trying to replicate the slots around the circumference of the disk on a mechanical siren in 1/25 scale. On a 1-1 siren these slots are typically 3/16-1/4" wide, and perhaps 1/8" deep.
Example
https://www.fedsig.com/product/q-siren
At a larger size the cut off tool does this job well, so I'm thinking a much narrower blade like tool would do the job, but I'm guessing at such a thin blade wouldn't be stiff enough. I'm sure there is a tool that would work, I just need to know what tool I'm looking for, assuming it will be a bit I will need to shape with a little nub at the end to do the cutting.
I've tried doing this with a standard angle LH or RH cutter, but the grooves are not distinct enough, mostly just being a texture, rather than distinct grooves. I'm trying to replicate the slots around the circumference of the disk on a mechanical siren in 1/25 scale. On a 1-1 siren these slots are typically 3/16-1/4" wide, and perhaps 1/8" deep.
Example
https://www.fedsig.com/product/q-siren
At a larger size the cut off tool does this job well, so I'm thinking a much narrower blade like tool would do the job, but I'm guessing at such a thin blade wouldn't be stiff enough. I'm sure there is a tool that would work, I just need to know what tool I'm looking for, assuming it will be a bit I will need to shape with a little nub at the end to do the cutting.