| Type | Length | Width | Thickness | Job Zero |
|---|
| Name | Type | Tool | Feedrate | Plungerate | Cut Depth |
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| Filename | File Type | File Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
| design_3 | HFFSbW | 0.00B | |
| design_5 | UWNaU5 | 0.00B | |
| design_1 | c2d | 4.41MB | |
| design_2 | c2d | 4.41MB | |
| design_4 | c2d | 4.41MB |
Approximate Milling Times:
Brass: 30 minutes
Aluminum: 45 minutes
Stainless steel: 6 hours (with coolant) I had to try :)
I had one .0313" end mill to use for this project. The feed rates are conservative but reasonable. Feel free to experiment on your own.
When milling the steel, I used a little hot glue to form a wall. I much prefer to build a taller wall using modeling clay. (less mess!)
Cutting fluid used:
https://www.precisebits.com/products/chemicals/cutting_oil.asp
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Comments
dkumpf posted 6 years ago
Obviously you have pictures of the stainless parts so they were cut successfully. I am curious if you ran into any issues with those cuts or just had to cut really slow? Did your bit survive?CarbideMeg posted 6 years ago
I cut very slowly. Six hours slow. At one point a shaving lodged itself in front of the cutter and broke the tip. If you look closely at the image there a slight variation in the profile. About a .006" difference. As that was my last .0312" cutter I programmed Carbide Create to finish the job, but forgot to change the cutter parameters to the new .020" endmill I used. So close to cutting them all with one endmill!You must be signed in to leave a comment.