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Surface speed |
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FTP |
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|2mm 4-flute flat end mill || HSS || Uncoated || |
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19m/min |
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(3000rpm) |
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|| 1 mm || 0.8mm || |
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0.01 |
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(120mm/min) |
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||Nice surface finish |
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|60 degree 0.3mm tip engraver 1/8" shank || solid carbide || TiAlN coated || |
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25m/min (calculated) |
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(2500rpm) |
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|| N/A || 0.1mm || |
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0.02 |
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(50mm/min) |
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||Probably can do more |
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===Slotting=== |
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! Tool Size/type !! Material !! Coating !! |
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Surface speed |
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! DOC !! |
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FTP |
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! Comment |
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|4mm 4-flute flat end mill || HSS || Uncoated || |
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31m/min |
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(2500rpm) |
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0.015 |
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(150mm/min) |
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|| Using ramp profile, might be able to do more but surface finish is not good |
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Revision as of 12:06, 27 November 2021
All recipes from personal experience and tested
Key
| Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Blue | Not (proven) a maximum, could do more |
| Green | A demonstrated maximum, any more will break tools |
| Red | Known to be excessive, will break tools |
Aluminium
Roughing
| Tool Size/type | Material | Coating |
Surface speed (RPM) |
DOC | WOC |
FTP (feed rate) |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12mm 4-flute flat end mill | HSS | Uncoated | 100m/min | 10mm | 4mm |
0.03 (250mm/min) |
Noisy and spindle only just copes, definitely a maximum, use conventional milling only |
| 5mm 4-flute flat end mill | HSS | Uncoated |
40m/min (2500rpm) |
5mm | 1.5mm |
0.02 (200mm/min) |
Good finish, not a maximum could have done more |
| 2mm 2-flute ball nose end mill | HSS | TiAlN coated |
15m/min (2500rpm) |
0.5mm | 0.5mm |
0.015 (150mm/min) |
Too much, breaks cutters |
Brass
Finishing
| Tool Size/type | Material | Coating |
Surface speed (RPM) |
DOC | WOC |
FTP (feed rate) |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2mm 4-flute flat end mill | HSS | Uncoated |
19m/min (3000rpm) |
1 mm | 0.8mm |
0.01 (120mm/min) |
Nice surface finish |
| 60 degree 0.3mm tip engraver 1/8" shank | solid carbide | TiAlN coated |
25m/min (calculated) (2500rpm) |
N/A | 0.1mm |
0.02 (50mm/min) |
Probably can do more |
Slotting
| Tool Size/type | Material | Coating |
Surface speed (RPM) |
DOC |
FTP (feed rate) |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4mm 4-flute flat end mill | HSS | Uncoated |
31m/min (2500rpm) |
1mm |
0.015 (150mm/min) |
Using ramp profile, might be able to do more but surface finish is not good |
H-13 Tool Steel
Roughing
| Tool Size/type | Material | Coating |
Surface speed (RPM) |
DOC | WOC |
FTP (feed rate) |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6mm 4-flute flat end mill | solid carbide | TiAlN coated | 35m/min | 7mm | 0.5mm |
0.04mm |
Width is at maximum, depth might be deeper |
| 1mm 3-flute flat end mill | Solid Carbide | TiAlN coated |
9.4m/min (3000rpm) |
0.5mm | 0.5mm |
0.0022mm (20mm/min) |
Might handle more but only one test was made |
Finishing
| Tool Size/type | Material | Coating |
Surface speed (RPM) |
DOC | WOC |
FTP (feed rate) |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 degree 0.3mm tip engraver 1/8" shank | solid carbide | TiAlN coated |
30m/min (calculated) (3000rpm) |
0.5 mm | 0.15mm |
0.0026 (8mm/min) |
Too much, breaks the tip off |
Drilling
| Tool Size/type | Material | Coating |
Surface speed (RPM) |
FTP (feed rate) |
Comment |
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| 6mm 2-flute jobber drill | HSS | TiN |
14m/min (730rpm) |
0.02mm (15mm/min) |
Was in danger of stalling spindle, definitely the maximum size that can be drilled in this material |