Milling PVC sheets

[LEBaril (Larry Baril)]

I’ve been considering using my shapeoko to carve into PVC sheets and am wondering what experience other have had with this as well as feeds/speeds setting advice

[CrookedWoodTex (Tex (Don't Mess With My Texas!))]

What you will find in a lot of PVC is how many bubbles show up at the edges. It’s rough to get a smooth edge.

[Julien]

For feeds and speeds, see:

Router RPM and Feeds for PVC

What are some recommendations for PVC. I did a final contour cut at 12500 RPM 80ipm and i was getting melting. it was multiple depth contour with a ramp. .25 in tool i tried a downcut tool as well

[Bs893 (Brian Sanders)]

I found using a single flute bit works best on pvc. With 1/4 inch I’m running at around 65ipm with carbide router set on 2. 1/8 inch bit I turn it up to 3.5- 4 on router. Same feed rate

[Gski34 (Alex Grecheski)]

1/4 O Flute and 1/16 O Flute. Low router speed high feed rate. PVC cuts like butta’