That must be a mighty small mill or very dull cutter... What SFM and chip load are you running at? I don't have my charts here but from memory 6061 needs to be cut at 300-500SFM. I normally use a two flute end mill for aluminum. For a 1/4" 2 flute end mill I cut at 2500 rpm and 10 IPM again from memory.
.001"?? Double Ouch.. On 25 Mar 2008 at 22:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > >Back on topic, I could definitely have used some cooling. I can only > >dig through aluminum in 0.001" vertical increments, without stressing > >things, or tearing apart my clamping assemblies, so it takes forever. > > .001"? Ouch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
