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All recipes from personal experience and tested on the [[Tools/boxford|Boxford 260VMC]], Categories of machining are Roughing, Finishing, Slotting, Engraving, Drilling
== Recommended surface speeds ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; text-align: center;"
|+Tool Speeds (m/min)
|-
! scope="col"| Material
! scope="col"| HSS
! scope="col"| Cobalt
! scope="col"| Carbide
|-
! scope="row"| Plastic
| 15
| 15
| Not recommended
|-
! scope="row"| Aluminium
| 100
| 150
| 300
|-
! scope="row"| Brass
| 75
| 125
| 200
|-
! scope="row"| Steel
| 25
| 35
| 65
|-
! scope="row"| Stainless Steel
| 20
| 25
| 40
|-
! scope="row"| Titanium alloys
| Not recommended
| Not recommended
| 15
|-
! scope="row"| Tool Steels
| Not recommended
| 10
| 30
|}
'''NOTE : THESE ARE APPROXIMATE RECOMMENDATIONS - YOU WILL NEED TO RESEARCH ELSEWHERE AND GET EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO PICK SPEEDS PROPERLY - IF THE TOOL MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS DIFFER FROM THIS TABLE, USE THE MANUFACTURER'S FIGURES INSTEAD'''
== Key ==
{| class="wikitable"
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===Roughing===
{| class="wikitable"
! Tool Size
Surface speed
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! Comment
|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
|12mm || 4-flute flat end mill || HSS || Uncoated || 100m/min || 10mm || 4mm ||
0.03
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||Noisy and spindle only just copes, definitely a maximum, use conventional milling only. Limited by spindle power, not tool endurance
|- style="background-color:#ccccff;"
|5mm || 4-flute flat end mill|| HSS|| Uncoated ||
40m/min
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(200mm/min)
|| Good finish, not a maximum could have done more
|- style="background-color:#ccccff;"
|3mm || 4-flute flat end mill|| HSS|| Uncoated ||
28m/min
(3000rpm)
|| 1.5 mm || 1.4mm ||
0.0075
(90mm/min)
|| Good finish, not a maximum could have done more
|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
|2mm || 2-flute ball nose end mill || HSS || TiAlN coated ||
19m/min
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(120mm/min)
||Nice surface finish, might be able to go a little faster but was making noise
|}
=== Engraving ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Tool Size/type !! Material !! Coating !!
Surface speed
(RPM)
! DOC !! WOC !!
FTP
(feed rate)
! Comment
|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;"
|60 degree 0.3mm tip engraver 1/8" shank || solid carbide || TiAlN coated ||
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===Slotting===
{| class="wikitable"
! Tool Size
Surface speed
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! Comment
|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
|4mm || 4-flute flat end mill || HSS || Uncoated ||
31m/min
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|| Using ramp profile, might be able to do more but surface finish is not good
|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;"
|2mm || 4-flute flat end mill || HSS || Uncoated ||
19m/min
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(120mm/min)
|| Snapped tool
|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;"
|2mm || 3-flute flat end mill || Solid carbide || Uncoated ||
19m/min
(3000rpm)
|| 1.5mm ||
0.015
(90mm/min)
|| Snapped tool
|- style="background-color:#ccccff;"
| 2mm || 2-flute flat end mill || HSS || Uncoated ||
19m/min
(3000rpm)
|| 1.0mm ||
0.008
(50mm/min)
|| So far so good, working up the feed rate
|- style="background-color:#ccccff;"
|3mm || 4-flute flat end mill || HSS || Uncoated ||
28m/min
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|}
==
=== Roughing ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Tool Size || Tool type !! Material !! Coating !!
Surface speed
(RPM)
! DOC !! WOC !!
FTP
(feed rate)
! Comment
|- style="background-color:#ccccff;"
|4mm || 4-flute flat end mill || HSS || Uncoated ||
20m/min
(1600rpm)
|| 5mm || 1.8mm ||
0.02mm
(130mm/min)
|| Cut very well, probably can do more
|}
=== Drilling ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Tool Size/type !! Material !! Coating !!
Surface speed
(RPM)
!
FTP
(feed rate)
! Comment
|- style="background-color:#ccccff;"
|4 mm 2-flute jobber drill|| Cobalt Steel || TiN ||
20m/min
(1600rpm)
||
0.04mm
(63mm/min)
|| Cut well, used pecking profile, probably could have done more feed
|}
== "Special" materials ==
=== H-13 Tool Steel ===
====Roughing====
{| class="wikitable"
! Tool Size/type !! Material !! Coating !!
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|| Might handle more but only one test was made
|}
====Finishing====
{| class="wikitable"
! Tool Size/type !! Material !! Coating !!
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||Too much, breaks the tip off
|}
====Drilling====
{| class="wikitable"
! Tool Size/type !! Material !! Coating !!
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