trying to improve my board game

**cubikoman** · 10-03-2011

I will try those values for the 2mm bit. What is step over?

Drill-service.co.uk seems fairly reasonable. Does anyone here buy cutting bits off ebay?

**Jonathan** · 11-03-2011

Originally Posted by cubikoman

I will try those values for the 2mm bit. What is step over?

Drill-service.co.uk seems fairly reasonable. Does anyone here buy cutting bits off ebay?

Step over is the distance you move the cutter into the material for each subsequent cut. It defines the width of the cut. It is often expressed as a percentage of the cutter diameter.

However for this particular excercise you're just cutting a slot in one pass, so stepover isn't really relevant. Effectively it's 100% stepover though...

I've bought the odd cutter off eBay. Nice and cheap except for the postage and sellers do seem to insist on using fast postage when, personally, I don't think it's always necessary!

**cubikoman** · 15-03-2011

Update; cut a few boards, wow this machine is brilliant...broke a couple of bits...

This is now a CNC project so I will post updates elsewhere.

Thanks for all the help, I know I'm going to need loads more too!

**ptjw7uk** · 15-03-2011

As your learning try this link http://www.mycncuk.com/forums/showth...6590#post16590 the 1/8" cutters JohnS showed are superb for the money and at only a £1 almost throw away!!
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