Re: ACE Converter anomaly, REDWOOD

Hi Mariano,

My son was cutting across the end grain of a piece of redwood, and at
the end of the cut, it splintered off. I also noticed that he had to
take less then 1/2 the dia of the 2-flue cutter, otherwise it would
likewise splinter. He still had the "with the grain cuts" to make, so
He came out OK. Climb milling along the grain seemed to be fine, as
well as conventional milling. He's happy, and seems to like running the
mill!

Alan KM6VV

diazden wrote:

>
> by any chance did you machine the wood against the grain?

> > In a message dated 16-Jul-01 16:26:18 Central Daylight Time,
> KM6VV@...
> > writes:
> >
> >
> > > and the "end" grain
> > > of the board splintered when the cutter began to leave the stock.
> >
> > This is hard to believe! Normally, particularly with something like
> redwood,
> > exiting the end-grain with any router or 2-flute mill-bit will come out
> 100%
> > clean! And, if sharp, only slight tear-out when coming out the "side" of
> a
> > board! I mill wood often with excellent results. Just crank it up to
> 3000+
> > RPM, and rotating the hand-wheels about as fast as you can by hand will do
> > fine!