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Unread 11-30-2002, 12:56 PM   #1
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So, its another new block from me, actually 3 but they are all the same. Did a clip too, but with a horrible finnish, I will fix that later:








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Unread 11-30-2002, 05:04 PM   #2
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WOOOT! Man you do some beautiful things! I love the clip, reminds me of 'Space invaders' some 20 yrs ago...
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Unread 11-30-2002, 08:53 PM   #3
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lol, don't you have it when that happens? lol

nice work though!

(what size of millbit is that?>

may I also recommend some 2 flute mills? they don't clog as easy...

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Unread 11-30-2002, 09:17 PM   #4
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Nice work and the broken end mill... OUCH
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Unread 11-30-2002, 11:07 PM   #5
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Nice work

...and, a little J.B. Weld and that mill bit should be good as new
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Unread 12-01-2002, 04:53 AM   #6
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lol, don't you have it when that happens? lol

nice work though!

(what size of millbit is that?>

may I also recommend some 2 flute mills? they don't clog as easy...
Clog? 2? why not 4?
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Unread 12-01-2002, 11:55 AM   #7
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Clog? 2? why not 4?
4 flute endmills clog up easy with soft materials. The groves will fill up with copper causing a serious lack of cutting ability, thus breaking the endmill. 4 flute cut faster but at the cost of clogging up and breaking. I have yet to have a 2 flute clogg up. Thats all I use on Copper and AL. And now that I found a good mail order suppplier near by all I use is 2 flute tin coated and carbide endmills. Use whatever works for you though!
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nice work...

do designs like this perform well compared to jet on die area blox?
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Fecking nice Chrion.

How deep passes are you taking?

How long have you been playing with the mill now?

My dad just got a full set of beatufil number and letter drills. I broke one . It will probably be salvagable. Damn you cloggy copper!!!
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0.33mm/pass
i've been playing for some weeks now, sadly I only have the time on weekends
but it is fun!
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Are you going to solder them all or use screws to mount the lid on some?
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I really like that hold-down! Sweet!
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0.33mm/pass
i've been playing for some weeks now, sadly I only have the time on weekends
but it is fun!
Thats not helping the breaking problem. I usually go .03125 on the first pass and .125 on the rest. No matter how big your mill is you don't want to go to deep or the endmill will break. Unfortunatly the endmill is the weak link not the mill in most cases. I can easily break a 3/16" endmill on my tiny desktop CNC mill.
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Unread 12-01-2002, 09:43 PM   #15
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Are you planning on trying a center inlet version with two outlets (as might be suggested by the hole in the center of the hold down)?
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Thats not helping the breaking problem. I usually go .03125 on the first pass and .125 on the rest. No matter how big your mill is you don't want to go to deep or the endmill will break. Unfortunatly the endmill is the weak link not the mill in most cases. I can easily break a 3/16" endmill on my tiny desktop CNC mill.
WTF. I can do much larger passes than that easy (unless you are talking in inches which ChrioN is not).
1mm passes are like a hot knife through butter.
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I can't wait to see that all polished up

.. you are gonna polish it, right?
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WTF. I can do much larger passes than that easy (unless you are talking in inches which ChrioN is not).
1mm passes are like a hot knife through butter.
Yes, I mean inches not mm. Keep forgetting I am in the US and quite a few here are not.
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Unread 12-02-2002, 12:43 AM   #19
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2 flute mill bits by niagara
with TiAIN coating

http://www.niagaracutter.com/

those are the shiet servive way longer then generic
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Yes, I mean inches not mm. Keep forgetting I am in the US and quite a few here are not.
Ok, understood.
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Thats not helping the breaking problem. I usually go .03125 on the first pass and .125 on the rest. No matter how big your mill is you don't want to go to deep or the endmill will break. Unfortunatly the endmill is the weak link not the mill in most cases. I can easily break a 3/16" endmill on my tiny desktop CNC mill.
Endmill breakage is also of function of length. You always want to use the shortest EM available to get the work done with. You'd be amazed what kind of stock you can hork out with a short EM.

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back in my uninlightened days, I took a 1/2 inch pass w/ a 1/4 inch endmill and got a good finish...

but sweet jbus those are nice looking!
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back in my uninlightened days, I took a 1/2 inch pass w/ a 1/4 inch endmill and got a good finish...

but sweet jbus those are nice looking!
I can't get my CNC mill to go slow enough to go over 1/4" deep without snapping the endmill or causing the stepper motor's to slip the shaft. It's slowest settings are just to fast. If I use the hand wheels and leave the CNC off then I can go pretty deep, but it is sloooooooooooow. I ran a 1/4" deep M channel design out it one pass in Copper once. Took for ever but it did turn out nice. Which reminds me I need to dig that one out.
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Unread 12-03-2002, 12:18 AM   #24
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can't get my CNC mill to go slow enough to go over 1/4" deep without snapping the endmill or causing the stepper motor's to slip the shaft. It's slowest settings are just to fast. If I use the hand wheels and leave the CNC off then I can go pretty deep, but it is sloooooooooooow. I ran a 1/4" deep M channel design out it one pass in Copper once. Took for ever but it did turn out nice. Which reminds me I need to dig that one out.
I suppose it helps to have a 1 HP bridgeport... lol

I wish I had a CNC!
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Unread 12-08-2002, 02:09 PM   #25
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GAH!
This block didn't perform as good as I wanted.
Only a couple of degrees C better than a Maze2...
Guess I got crappy coppar...or the fact that I didn't go for the inlet over the core.
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