Need a machine shop that can machine tool steel

[Blaze]

I'm looking to have some shift sticks made. I want to have them made out of tool steel. It is basically a 16mm rod with two 1" long flats cut into the one side with 9mm holes drilled through it, the other side needs to have a 1" long M16x1.5 threaded section.

Anyone know anyone who can do this for me?

 

[McCracken]

the hell kinda torque are you needing to put on those shifters that you need tool steel?

 

[mbalbritton]

the hell kinda torque are you needing to put on those shifters that you need tool steel?

Can't find it, Grind it!

 

[Green ford]

Only thing pops right in to my head would be Hamilton Machine Works or T-Hoff.

 

[Blaze]

I don't know, I was thinking something like cold-rolled might be too soft. Of course, it is close to a 5/8" rod so it would be pretty stout anyway.

I just know I've had friends shift their cars so hard at the track that they've cracked their consoles, I thought a hardened steel would be better.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Any machine shop should be able to do it if they use carbide.

 

[Granny]

All the shifter canes I made for the Dana 20 twinstick kits were made of 1/2" 1018 cold-rolled steel. If any body every bent or broke one, they didn't bother to tell me about it... and I sold a bunch of 'em.

 

[McCracken]

as long as the shifter isn't 24" long I think you'll be OK regular ole cold rolled but I've been wrong before.

 

[Kamel]

Any machine shop should be able to do it if they use carbide.

Any shop can cut tool steel with high speed steel tools. It really only becomes tool steel after heat treating, THEN it requires carbide. 1018 would be plenty strong, or even any hot rolled steel (HRS).

 

[OnlyOneDR]

I have used 101 Machine in Cary with good results.