On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 17:59 +0100, Les Newell wrote: > As long as you use a sharp cutter wood single points quite well. You can > get high rake carbide cutters designed for aluminium. They also work > really well on wood. ... snip
Well, I got lazy and used a common three point 60 degree carbide insert on some walnut at a maximum spindle speed of 3k RPM. There was some tear-out on one side where the grain might have been disagreeable, but it cleaned off very nicely with a little sand paper. I had to tweak the taper a little while I had the sand paper at hand, because I didn't bother using a center on the floppy end of the taper. The walnut cut with a smell similar to honey, which one doesn't often get in a machine shop. Too bad, even with the last string on, my playing doesn't sound any better. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Using storage to extend the benefits of virtualization and iSCSI Virtualization increases hardware utilization and delivers a new level of agility. Learn what those decisions are and how to modernize your storage and backup environments for virtualization. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51434361/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
