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Originally Posted by DonRotolo
Thanks for all that info, especially the mister and lack of need for fluid collection - it seems that's the way to go.
6 IPM? gee, that's really quite slow. I expect to be cutting several tens of inches per minute. Maybe my mileage will vary...
The minimum speed I can get is 8000 RPM.
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Yes, 6 IMP. We do throw a good chip though, nice little curls. It is quite slow, mostly because we have a mill mentor who is, shall we say, conservative, with his machine's speed. He is right to go slow, though, the chips look good and we have had problems with breaking tools in the past (and crashing into clamps, but that's another story).
I'm sure with those router speeds, you'll be able to go faster. We're running a very different type of mill (a HAAS toolroom mill), so take my cutting speed experience with a grain of salt.
Perhaps we do cut too slow, but since the chip looks good and our part tends to vibrate excessively if we push it much faster, I'm inclined to stick with what we have now.