That cutter is fine and tilt the slide indicate the top of the slide if using that cutter. Depth is note a matter if taste I've cut them .010-.030 depends if it's more a tactical build or classic imo. The edge that separates the flat from the radius follows the top of the slide.
Question about cutting a french border…
A) how deep (technically, wide) to make the cut?
B) Use a tool with a sharp tip, or small radiused tip (.005, .010, 1/64” etc)?
C) Make the cutter parallel to the base (perpendicular to the slide flat), or make the top & flat & cut symmetric by putting the cutter at an angle to bisect the intersection of the slide flat at top-tangent?
![Handwriting Font Parallel Slope Diagram]()
D) If parallel, cut it centered right ON the flat/round intersection line, or offset the cutter tip slightly below so the width of the cut comes up to the slide top intersection line?
![Rectangle Parallel Font Slope Diagram]()
E) why the hell are single-point threadmill cutters so expensive. And I don’t have an arbor saw for slitting either. Can I use a HSS double-angle cutter like this?
Double Angle Chamfer Cutter 1/2 dia X 60 degree MariTool
B) Use a tool with a sharp tip, or small radiused tip (.005, .010, 1/64” etc)?
C) Make the cutter parallel to the base (perpendicular to the slide flat), or make the top & flat & cut symmetric by putting the cutter at an angle to bisect the intersection of the slide flat at top-tangent?
D) If parallel, cut it centered right ON the flat/round intersection line, or offset the cutter tip slightly below so the width of the cut comes up to the slide top intersection line?
E) why the hell are single-point threadmill cutters so expensive. And I don’t have an arbor saw for slitting either. Can I use a HSS double-angle cutter like this?
Double Angle Chamfer Cutter 1/2 dia X 60 degree MariTool
