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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
do these need to be run in the orientation they were designed for?
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Depends, some can, some cannot. Consider moving the material in X and Y beneath a fixed gantry for Z
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Originally Posted by Thermal
Wood routers are quite capable of sheet aluminum work but you have to get a little creative about it. http://www.vhipe.com/product-private/SuperPID.htm is a great tool for that.
You're correct about the bearings though, heavy aluminum work will destroy wood router bearings in a few months. Handily though, replacement bearings are relatively cheap and not too difficult to replace. |
Yes, so the wood router is a temporary solution ONLY, a $50 investment to get a feel for the machine on the cheap. Then a real spindle can be developed, after the hard lessons have been learned inexpensively.