andres
May 25, 2026, 6:48pm
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I made a dog toy “branding iron” out of 6061 aluminum.
This is a two part design
iron (aluminum)
base (wood)
Several 1/32" end mills broke during this effort as I iterated on toolpaths and speeds. Ultimately, a forum post encouraged me to .1mm DoC and 12ipm. F&S for the other endmills provided by CarbideCreate.
Adaptive Clearing, 1/16" Single Flute ZrN
Letters Profile, 1/32" 2-Flute Uncoated
Letters Pocket, 1/32" 2-Flute Uncoated
Side Pocket, 1/16" Single Flute ZrN
Cutout, 1/8" 2-Flute ZrN
Adaptive clearing, Facing, 1/8" 2-Flute Uncoated
Adaptive clearing, Channel, 1/8" 2-Flute Uncoated
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robgrz
May 25, 2026, 10:28pm
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Cool project, but I’m just as impressed with the collapsible sections in the post. I didn’t know Discourse had that. Well done on both counts!
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WillAdams
May 26, 2026, 1:31am
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Add it as a link:
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