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Dusty desktop!
Friday, October 21st, 2005 at 11:17 pm
Today I spent more time on testing the milling machine. I received a set of mills yesterday and decided to try one of our toolpaths on a piece of MDF.
Here some pics:
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I am quite pleased with the results. I think I will try a higher feed rate next, maybe thats a way to avoid the cutter clogging up with burnt MDF. While cutting, something made the programme to loose its position and I had to stop it. I assume MDF is not an ideal material, I assume resin as used in toolmaker’s workshops would be much better.
Finally here’s a little movie. Light conditions were not good and I used my digital camera, so not the greatest quality.
2 Comments
1. Francis Irving replies at 22nd October 2005, 12:01 pm :
Fantastic!
Are all your computers dusty now?
2. Nick Carter replies at 23rd October 2005, 7:45 pm :
Is that really a ball endmill, or is it a burr (many flutes, not a lot of clearance at the center)? Burrs will load up and aren’t really center cutting. Try a 2 flute ball endmill or router bit instead. You should have proper chips coming off.
Put a shop vac nozzle near the head and suck the chips up while you cut as well.
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