BRIAN GLACKIN <glackin.br...@...> writes:
> So that means for me, this would be a perfect candidate. I do not use bits > larger than 1/4 except for prepping the sacraficial base board. > > My gantry wood router is not rigid enough to achive high cutting speeds > (>200 ipm) to cut MDF/wood with the proper chip rates and a higher speed > router. The result for me is I generate too much fine dust. I did some > tests running at high cutting speeds (160ipm) and the mdf chips were a > noticable chip and very little fine dust was created. > > If I can slow down the spindle to say 8-12,000 then I can get the right > ratio of chip load versus lateral speed (90-120 ipm) which my gantry can > handle and not generate the super fine dust. > > Heck, with speed controls, I can probably then use if for cutting plastics > and perhaps shallow custs into aluminum. > > Too bad I don't live closer to Kansas...... > > Hope you and Kurt continue to pursue this thread further. > > Brian Hi Brian, I have been collecting parts for my gantry router for years, and this spindle will pretty much complete the list. I hope to weld up a very rigid frame following the technique used by Ocean Kayaks http://www.oneoceankayaks.com/madvac/madvac_index.htm ... only my router will be powered by Emc2, of course ;-) When it comes time to build it, I will document it and post my progress here. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
