Shapeoko 4 XXL Feeds & Speeds

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

There is extensive discussion at:

Origin/consistency of chipload recommendations

I’ve been going back to the basics of the whole feeds and speeds thing for a minute, and this time I want to focus on chipload values only, not the infinite number of associated RPM/feed combinations. I collected a small sample of feeds and speeds below from: usual recommand values from 3 or 4 different web sites what CarbideCreate uses the Shapeoko feeds and speeds chart for the #201, 1/4" endmills Will’s [Tableau] (https://public.tableau.com/profile/willadams#!/vizhome/Carbide3DCNCFeedsand…

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Feeds & speeds

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#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…

The Precise Bits folks have an excellent testing technique at:

Calibrating Feeds and Speeds When Using Carbide Microtools