Jim, Good to know this I have a pice of MIC-6 arriving today I need to cut up and machine it. I usually use 6061 and 7075.
JT On 2/21/2017 11:37 AM, Jim Craig wrote: > MIC-6 is particularly gummy when machining. I always use coolant and I > still get a little bit of chip weld if things aren't just right. > > Getting the chips out of the slot you are milling is also critical. I > would keep using the compressed air blast and i would probably use a HSM > slot instead of a conventional slot to allow more room for chip > evacuation. It will take more time but should provide better results. I > get similar results to John for feeds and speeds. Use 1/8" DOC, 2 flute > 24k rpm and 119 ipm feed gives .0024" chip and about 15-20 lbs of > cutting force. > > Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
