Thread: Milling aluminium advice needed
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04-11-2017 #1
Single flute cutter, ramped profile path, optional finish pass, WD lube, air to shift chips, vacuum will not do it well enough to prevent chips being circulated and re-cut.
Single flute cutters have the massive advantage of being easy to sharpen by hand, with just a little practice,
- NickYou think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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08-11-2017 #2
Things I have sussed.
Kress at full power, 25000rpm
320mm/m feed
2 flute Alu Power 4mm cutter
1mm depth per pass
A mixture of lemon juice, old engine oil and water squirted into the path makes an excellent cooling/lube
Gantry cnc's are awesome
I've had zero snaps and cut 4 brakes out with the same cutter.
Hopefully someone will read this and find it useful.treat others how yoou want to be treated
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