Re: Using a porter cable router to cut aluminum

Hello,

I use 1/16 on up. For "full face" cuts in 1/2 plate, I like a 1/4
spiral up, from onsrud cutter. 1/2 shank. Keeps speeds high, cuts
light (the "secret" to successful cnc anyway, IMO.) Parabolic bits
are also nice (elliptical flute). Go to Onsrud, or Hartlauer,(and
there are others equally well suited) and get the "right" bits for
ROUTING aluminum, not endmills... You're not using a mill, after
all...

Hope this helps,

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Tyson S."
<timbercutter@y...> wrote:

> Good information, what would be the smallest size
> of end mill machine that you would recommend for a
> home shop user to work with 1/2" aluminum and the
> such.
>
> > I think you are dreaming! I do a fair amount of
> > this sort of work on
> > a Bridgeport, and really would not want to do it on
> > a much lighter machine.
> > We have a 3-in-1 machine at work, and it is an
> > absolute joke! Not an
> > awful lathe, but for milling, it is actually WORSE
> > that awful. It has
> > a Morse #3 taper spindle, too.
>
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