Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] mill vs router

In addition to what marcus had to say let me add a few cents worth.

Milling machines were originally designed (and are generally still used) for
metal working and they have always been stationary machines having spindles
fixed to the machine with tables that move rather than the spindle.

Routers were originally designed as (basically) portable wood working tools.
Even when used on a router table, the router itself is still easily removed
for portable operation.

With the advent of CNC and modern designs, the operations carried out by
either machine tends to overlap a lot now.
However, the tools that can be driven by a milling machine are MUCH bigger
than those used in routers. All of the tools used by a router can be used
in a milling machine but NOT vice versa.

One final note: There will soon be a milling machine on the market such
that the spindle can be removed and used in a portable configuration.

Smoke

> Routers tend to have a big work envelope and are typically less rigid
>than mills.
>Their most common application is to cut shapes out of thin panels, but this
>is by no means their only application.
>Mills tend to be used more for removing larger amounts of material on
>thicker workpieces.
>Mills exist with spindle speeds that are comparable to router spindle
>speeds, but are typically of much heavier construction and therefore more
>expensive.
>Obviously the two definitions overlap by a fair bit; machines used in
>aerospace applications are a typical example of this.
>To answer your question about Flashcut (from your next post) my personal
>experience has been good.
>Everything worked as promised right out of the box.
>It was dead easy to set up and learn.
>The price was acceptable to me for a turnkey system.
>It was Windows based (a BIG plus for me...I hate DOS based systems)
>
>Cheers
>
>Marcus
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Hall <cadcam4all@...>
>To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
>Date: Monday, January 29, 2001 7:03 AM
>Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] mill vs router
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>>What is the exact difference between a mill and a
>>router. It seems to me that the only difference is in
>>the spindle speed? with the mill rpm in the region of
>>1000 or less while that of the router would be much
>>higher than 10,000 rpm?
>>
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