danger! the coated tools are terrible on aluminum. the coating has a micro roughness that nucleates chip welding of soft aluminum. coatings are good for lubricity of hard material chips against the cutter, but a mirror smooth surface is best for carbide in aluminum.
--- On Mon, 2/13/12, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: From: andy pugh <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on 1/16" end mill To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, February 13, 2012, 2:06 AM On 13 February 2012 01:10, gene heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > So, I need to find a more suitable mill for this, I assume only 1 or 2 > flute, and maybe only 1/8" of working bit. Can you use 1.5mm and afford to wait a week or so? http://www.ctctools.biz/servlet/the-386/TiAlN-Coated-Tungsten-Micrograin/Detail -- atp The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
