Re: Very Confused!! Need help.

Johan,

Along with all the other questions, let us know what spindle you are
using? Is it a router, a dremel, etc.

Seeing as you are breaking tools I am guessing you are using a
dremel motor with tiny dremel bits?

Chris




--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Johan Van Wyk" <wykj@...>
wrote:

>
> I recently finished my first homebuilt router pouter project, and

was

> doing some trial runs for a while now, just figuring out the best
> software solution etc. etc. So basically I've been cutting air for

2

> months now just to suss things out..
>
>
>
> One thing I now realized that I made a mistake on is my ever

increasing

> need for speed, so at the moment I got a good mix between speed and
> torque.
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>
>
> Now I started putting some wood and plastic under that cutter to

see the

> chips fly, and lo and behold all that speed was completely

unnecessary,

> I'm not able to cut anything at speeds more than approx. 5mm per

minute,

> what am I doing wrong??? I keep breaking bits if I go faster, or

the

> cuts become very dirty and especially plastics start chipping etc.

So

> why do I keep reading on these forums about xxxx ipm if all that

speed

> is wasted on everything except G00 rapids??
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>
>
> Maybe one of the boffins on here have some idea of what I'm talking
> about, and maybe able to help me understand this...
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>
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> Any help will much appreciated.
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> BTW. To all the lurkers out like me out there, it really isn't that
> complicated to make a machine so start already.....!!!! You'll be

amazed

> at the feeling you get inside the first time that machine starts

moving

> on it's own..
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>
>
> Thanks
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>
>
> Johann van Wyk
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