3 Axis CNC router

[njhussey]

Coming along nicely...love shiney machined aluminium pictures 😁

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[Wobblycogs]

Looks great, how long did it take to mill / rout out?

[JoeHarris]

Looks great, how long did it take to mill / rout out?

Not as long as I thought - half an hour or so. I took 1/2mm per pass which was more aggressive than the last time but was fine. So 32 passes with a 10mm carbide end mill.

[Wobblycogs]

Yeah, 0.5mm is about what I've taken when I've tried routing aluminium, quite honestly though it scares me but my fence set up wasn't as good as yours. It's not too bad if you've got a decent spray of WD40 on it but I couldn't get past the feeling that it was going to catch and rip the router out of my hands.

[JoeHarris]

Yeah, 0.5mm is about what I've taken when I've tried routing aluminium, quite honestly though it scares me but my fence set up wasn't as good as yours. It's not too bad if you've got a decent spray of WD40 on it but I couldn't get past the feeling that it was going to catch and rip the router out of my hands.

I know what you mean, I wouldn't want to do it with a smaller router. A cheap 1/4 inch would be terrifying!

[JoeHarris]

I have not had a chance to update this much but you should now be able to read it at least.