Re: Wood Router clearing chips

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Ginger" <ronginger@a...>
wrote:

> Ive just finsihed a new wood router to make model parts. It is

16"x32" and I

> want to do most of my cutting with the smallest possible bit- Id

like a

> laser, but thats another project. Im going to cut mostly thin stuff-

3mm

> plywood, 1/16 basswood and some plastic sheet.
>
> I have ground a single lip 1/16" dia tools and it cuts very well at

about 15

> in/min and .100" deep But it leaves the cut path tightly packed

with chips.

> It cant be cutting clean with all those old chips stuck there.
>
> What will help clear the chips? I treid slower feeds, but then the

chips

> burn and smoke, obviously worse. I tried faster and the tool seems

to 'swin'

> around a bit, causing errors in the cut line.
>
> Pic of the machine are at http://plsntcov.8m.com/CNCrouter.htm
>
> ron ginger

Compressed air.

Considder a vacuum nozzle around the cutter so that it pulls the
chips out of the grouve.

Part of the problem is they start to fill in and once they do, they
just keep packing.

Dave