Tutorials - give me some ideas!

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

We have been trying to discuss this sort of thing here:

Tutorial on feeds and speeds

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 …

There was a recent discussion of this on reddit which seemed quite concise:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CNC/comments/6m0znw/feeds_and_speeds/