Cutting Fluid-Simple answer
Posted by
Joe Vicars
on 2001-06-04 07:28:13 UTC
Here's my take guys. I never used cutting fluids till I went to
CNC. I was doing manual machining for 5 years with a mill-drill and a
lathe. I had two squirt bottles, one of Kerosene and one of traditional
cutting oil. I could make an endmill last for years.
CNC is a TOTALLY different world of machining. It's like starting
as a beginner all over again. I have finally learned the hard way that
I must have coolant. I am using a mister with Tri-Cool.
I can tell you that I love CNC, it gives you another creative outlet
and opens up a whole new world. But it is not the "be all, end all". I
can also tell you that the first thing I am going to do when I get some
more money is buy a manual Bridgeport.
Here are your two choices with CNC as far as I see it.
1. Use cutting fluid, tools last longer (like 10X), cut faster, better
surface finish, parts don't get hot.
2. Don't use fluid - cutters burn up, cutters break, chips clog, part
gets hot, cut and feeds are slow, poor surface finish.
CNC. I was doing manual machining for 5 years with a mill-drill and a
lathe. I had two squirt bottles, one of Kerosene and one of traditional
cutting oil. I could make an endmill last for years.
CNC is a TOTALLY different world of machining. It's like starting
as a beginner all over again. I have finally learned the hard way that
I must have coolant. I am using a mister with Tri-Cool.
I can tell you that I love CNC, it gives you another creative outlet
and opens up a whole new world. But it is not the "be all, end all". I
can also tell you that the first thing I am going to do when I get some
more money is buy a manual Bridgeport.
Here are your two choices with CNC as far as I see it.
1. Use cutting fluid, tools last longer (like 10X), cut faster, better
surface finish, parts don't get hot.
2. Don't use fluid - cutters burn up, cutters break, chips clog, part
gets hot, cut and feeds are slow, poor surface finish.