see here Marius , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speeds_and_feeds
you dont need to purchase anything , i have just roughly calculated on the pc calc if i had to after a while , you get to remember what works best for you machine , the values can vary a bit by machine so once you find what works best for your machine , just work on those figures dave On 15 August 2014 08:15, Marius Liebenberg <mar...@mastercut.co.za> wrote: > Being new to cnc lathe setup I have to ask about feeds and speeds. How > does one know what feeds and speeds to use on the lathe. On my desktop > mill I mostly cut aluminium and I have a small spindle so the speeds are > as fast as the thing can handle. Not very scientific. > I fitted the lathe with a VFD and encoder on the spindle so now I can > make use of the CSS method but as I said, how to calculate. > > Secondly, is it worth buying something like this? > > http://hsmadvisor.com/ > > -- > > Regards /Groete > > Marius D. Liebenberg > +27 82 698 3251 > +27 12 743 6064 > QQ 1767394877 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
