On Sunday 17 February 2013 10:45:06 Stuart Stevenson did opine: > The merits of FAST feed and FAST spindle speed are debatable and depend > on many factors. Make cuts with your machine to determine what it/you > can do. Don't worry about getting the MOST from your process. Worry > about getting the BEST from your process.
I think that sums it up nicely Stuart, thanks. Sometimes we fixate on what we think is the ideal and are disappointed when the horsepower or rigidity aren't there. The main diff as I see it, is whether or not the machine is making swarf for a living. > On Feb 17, 2013 9:18 AM, "jeremy youngs" <jcyoung...@gmail.com> wrote: > > always remember too that you can sacrifice depth of cut for feed rate > > on your roughing passes > > i think at 1kw you might not get quite the feed you are looking for at > > full depth but it sounds like you are on the right track :) > > i also agree that the 6061 will definitely need some sort of coolant > > > > -- > > jeremy youngs Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> Each person has the right to take the subway. I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel - in partnership with Geeknet, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials, tech docs, whitepapers, evaluation guides, and opinion stories. Check out the most recent posts - join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
