Aluminum Cutting - aluminum welding to bit

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

We have some videos on this at:

#MaterialMonday on YouTube

@wmoy has begin a series of YouTube videos on #MaterialMonday. For the full list: https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/materialmonday A central tenet of this series is an acknowledgement that the hobby CNC routers need different numbers for different sorts of paths. Thus far he has done: Aluminum: Shapeoko 3: [Aluminum Feeds and Speeds for the Shapeoko - #MaterialMonday] [Machining Aluminum with the 278-Z on the Shapeoko - #MaterialMonday] Nomad 883 Pro: [Sing…

TLDR: single-flute tooling, suitable coating, adjust feeds and speeds to take a cut/chip, not rub, if possible, ramp in, if possible, adaptive/trochoidal toolpaths.