WillAdams
May 30, 2017, 6:04pm
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That’s what we’re working on here:
I’m afraid that this will be a bit of a cheat — I’m going to try to crowdsource an understanding of this. Let’s start by looking at all the variables:
Material being cut — this should be groupable into a couple of categories, ideally matched up with typical endmill manufacturer recommendations:
Hardwood
Soft plywood
MDF/Particle board
Plastic (hard)
Plastic (soft)
Acrylic
Metal (ferrous/non-ferrous), specific alloys and elements (are there any elements in their native form which are usefully …
The balance of the community’s notes on this are EDIT: were at:
Instead see:
https://docs.carbide3d.com/support/#tooling-support
In theory it should just be a matter of calculating the chipload, then re-applying that to the different diameter and # of flutes. In practice, well, if this sort of thing were easy there wouldn’t be G-wizard and the like.
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