Originally Posted by ckirchen  Individual o-ring grooves are better |
I agree, but I have to push the limits because I cannot change the spacing between holes and a larger hole helps in my application.
The situation, while not ideal, does seem like it will work. If anyone feels otherwise please speak up!
"You should definitely add a radius to the tips of the diamonds, perhaps .010" to .015". "
I am going to include that in the design spec. I'm trying to keep it very simple for the machinist - I think the part will be programmed directly into the CAM software manually rather than using a model to generate tool paths so I may ask to just knock the tips off with a flat end mill that could get two at once.