I get real good info from practical machinest http://www.practicalmachinist.com
Not only is the material the cutter is made of but the type of cutter and the speeds and feeds are most important. If you go a little too fast you can shorten the life of the tool a lot. Also important is if you are using a roughing mill to hog out material and saveing your finishing mills for the final cut... I use carbide mills from Lakeshore carbide for most of my work needing mills smaller than 1", above that I use inserts... John On 15 Apr 2008 at 2:50, Gary Fixler wrote: > > I've been curious these past few days - while working on my most > complex, yet still relatively simple project on the mini mill - as to > what other online forums the folks in here frequent. I'd love to ask > questions like "What would you guys recommend for this particular > task: HSS, or carbide?" but recognize that this is a list primarily > about EMC2, the program. It's probably pretty OT to flood the list > with general machining questions, or to show off things machined > recently, unless of course it's helpful for illustrative purposes when > asking a question that directly pertains to EMC2, HAL, etc... > > All forums usually take some lurking, and FAQ reading to properly feel > out the group mood, and kinds of things discussed, lest one, e.g., ask > a confused group focused on assembly programming what everyone's > favorite ice cream flavor is :) > > I've found cnczone, which looked pretty good at first glance. Any > others, or anything better? Is there an EMC "general discussion" list > somewhere? > > Thanks! > -Gary ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
