I'll try that. I am currently cutting .015" deep, probably around 32000 rpm and 15 ipm.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Marius Liebenberg <mar...@mastercut.co.za>wrote: > Make sure that your spindle speed is as slow as you can go with it. I > found to get a neat clean cut with plastics, I have to turn the speed > way down. The feed can be fast. You want to get nice chips. If you go > too slow or the spindle speed is too high, the plastic tends to melt at > the edges instead of being cut away. > > On 2013/04/17 02:58 PM, Marcus Bowman wrote: > > Are you creating it in VCarve Pro by using the Quick Engrave tool or the > VCarve tool? > > > > Regards, > > > > Marcus > > > > > > > > On 17 Apr 2013, at 12:14, Erik Friesen wrote: > > > >> I am routing some lettering on some small plastic buttons with a .020 > ball > >> nose feeding at 15 ipm. I am using vcarve pro to create the lettering, > >> using Norm West 1L, or a single line font. I am using create profile, > on, > >> to route the line, and doing two passes, one conventional, one climb, > in an > >> attempt to minimize the plastic from leaving a curled edge on the cut. > It > >> isn't working well enough. Really, I need to be cutting this as a > vector > >> that is .001" wide, and routing it all conventional, as I think this > would > >> fix the edge problem. Not sure how to get there with Vcarve pro though. > >> Any other suggestions out there? > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > >> analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for > building > >> apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > >> our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > >> http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > -- > Regards / Groete > > Marius D. Liebenberg > MasterCut cc > Cel: +27 82 698 3251 > Tel: +27 12 743 6064 > Fax: +27 86 551 8029 > Skype: marius_d.liebenberg > Skype Me^(TM)! <skype:marius_d.liebenberg?call> > Get Skype <http://www.skype.com/go/download> and call me for free. > > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 130417-1, 2013/04/17 > Tested on: 2013/04/18 01:36:21 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2013 AVAST Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
