Routing Tool For Quality Plastic Finish (i.e Minimal Burrs)

[Lee Roberts]

What is the name of the plastic exactly that are you trying to cut???

That makes a BIG difference. feed and speed i mean.

Why these expensive bits. I can 100% recommend you these http://www.ebay.es/itm/1-4-3-FLUTE-C...66d1932&_uhb=1

I use them from a lot of time and a lot of time, extremely sharp and durable. And great price. For example outlasts x10 times the similar Freud/3x price/ and is quite sharper.

I would think it will be ABS Silyavski, thanks for the link i've added it to my ebay watching list, I was thinking that a nice sharp+hard cutter (carbide) would be better but didnt even think about the helix, thanks for the tip!

.Me

[SB463]

I know it's ABS, if you need to know what kind I can find out.

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll put that forward.

At the moment we complete 8 in a process and the way we fasten them down is using a block of wood, so I'll look into improving that.

[Boyan Silyavski]

I would think it will be ABS Silyavski, thanks for the link i've added it to my ebay watching list, I was thinking that a nice sharp+hard cutter (carbide) would be better but didnt even think about the helix, thanks for the tip!

.Me

All the bits i use are only Kyocera bits from him, unbeatable price quality. Funny that they are the cheapest around. The seller is fast and packet comes for 5 days to Spain from USA.


Now back on the plastic. I posted it before, so just dug it out. I dont know what is your machine . Mine is very flimsy. So these should work 100% on any machine. Treat ABS as Plexiglas.

Plastic likes sharp bits.

Depth of cut is crucial for melting the plastic. You can just use the suggested speeds and speeds slowly raising the depth of cut until you are happy.



Everything in imperial,1/8 or 1/4 it doesn't matter as usually the machine is the limiting factor here , not the bit , though more careful with longer or thinner bits :

soft plastic , its scratching but if you go deeper with flimsy machine, it melts.
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plexiglass
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MDF,wood, works for phenolic plastic also, composite panel
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[SB463]

These are excellent resources for me, thank you!

Once the bit is delivered I'll run it with the correct parameters and see how it goes.

Thank you both very much!