On Sunday, September 11, 2011 03:17:31 PM Kirk Wallace did opine: > 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. You are aware I hope Kirk, that walnut dust allergies/reactions can be deadly? It is the strongest of the wood based allergens by a very wide margin. And do not dispose of the walnut dust anyplace you ever expect to grow something. It will take years for it to decompose fully. There is a reason for the nearly bare ground under a mature walnut tree.
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