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Unread 12-22-2003, 09:45 AM   #16
]JR[
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Originally posted by KyuZo
The design for my waterblock is fairly simple and it's only 3 mm deep cut into the copper (the size of the copper stock is 50 mm x 50 mm x 6mm).

What if I had it cutting in very small increments (as suggested)? So small that the machining time was somewhere between 3 and 6 hours.
Say the tool path is 50" in total (lots of passes, your using a small cutter) and youll probably cut at 2"/min @ 4 thou depth, and your total depth is 3/8"

50/2 = 25min tool path

94 passes to reach depth

25 x 94 ~ 39 hours machine time

Youll have to see what speeds it will comfortably cut at, but i should imagine my estimates are not too bad.

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