I have successfully used the legacy to mill aluminium but I defiantly would not recommend it unless your an experienced metal machinist
I used a carbide end mill and ran the router at its slowest speed I had a stop at each end of the cut and had everything very heavily clamped and had all leadcrews engaged and all movement and slop in the machine reduced as much as possible but most importantly only took 0.005 thousands of an inch cuts at a time and feed it by hand very very slowly the motor feed is way too aggressive . But again I defiantly do not recommend it the legacy mill is not designed for the forces involved in milling metals And the possibility of catastrophic failure and damage to your mill is very high. And I take no responsibility at all if you attempt it. Bill From: 'sterlingmi...@aol.com' via Legacy Ornamental Mills [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] Sent: Friday, 25 November 2016 5:26 AM To: Legacy Ornamental Mills Subject: Has anyone used a LOM to mill aluminum??? Happy Thanksgiving to you all. Has anyone used their LOM to mill Aluminum using end mills ? Me, not having a milling machine thinks it can be done using very light cuts I have a z axis with a DRO running a PC 7518. What do you think ? Peter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.