On Tuesday 29 January 2019 20:11:47 andy pugh wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 01:01, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > So I think the > > > > word for this is coolant. Slowly pouring right on the tool. > > Possibly, you don't seem to see production shops workignwith anything > other than massive amounts of flood coolant. > > But there might be something to be gained from coated bits.
They are coated. Darker colored than plain carbide, but not gold colored, > And, possibly, a different spindle speed. Are you already as fast as > the spindle will run? ATM, yes. Its run at 24k or stopped. I can reconfigure it to run at the pot setting, I think. I've also cranked up the feed rate based on a bigger chip carries away more heat. Can't testify if that helped or not. Thanks Andy Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users