What size mill and tool are we talking about? Is this <1kW of spindle power? Is the tool <10mm? I'm a bit surprised that the spindle would stall due to uncut chips.
On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 12:43 PM Nicklas SB Karlsson <n...@nksb.eu> wrote: > ons 2022-11-30 klockan 12:11 -0500 skrev Matthew Herd: > > A drill for an entry hole is never a bad idea. Other options include > > using > > a tool with a smaller diameter or fewer flutes. Can you improve chip > > evacuation? That's never a bad idea in any event. If feasible, a > > vacuum > > or some repeated blasts with the air gun are helpful. Also, can you > > reduce > > the ramp angle for the helix? > Have no really good method to get the chip out of the slot though could > stop and manually remove most of it and drill thru holes. Tried > reducing the ramp angle but did not help or only a little bit. > > Smaller mill or first drilling thru holes is ideas I have. > > > > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 12:09 PM Nicklas SB Karlsson <n...@nksb.eu> > > wrote: > > > > > Milling a deep pocket spiral down work great first turn but after a > > > while torque is not enough and mill stop. Suspect it is because > > > mill > > > have to cut old chips in addition to machining part. > > > > > > Maybe it is a good idea to use drill bit a little bit smaller than > > > slot? > > > > > > > > > Nicklas Karlsson > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > -- Matthew Herd Email: herd.m...@gmail.com Cell: 610-608-8930 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
