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Alternate milling materials to balsa wood for Compact 1000
Posted: Wed 13 Mar , 2013 11:17 am
by Ahmad
Hi
what alternate materials similar to balsa wood can be used in the compact 1000. what operating speeds can be used and on what materials. i have looked at craft materials, but i am not sure what would be a cheaper alternate for milling F1 cars.
Re: Alternate milling materials to balsa wood for Compact 10
Posted: Wed 13 Mar , 2013 13:50 pm
by Steve
F1 cars have to be made of Balsa to compete but for proving designs foam could be used but may be just as expensive.
Re: Alternate milling materials to balsa wood for Compact 10
Posted: Wed 13 Mar , 2013 17:22 pm
by Martin
Materials taken from VRMilling Version 5 & Compact 1000
Foam / Balsa
STEPDOWN=300
FEED=1500
SPEED=23000
Wax
STEPDOWN=150
FEED=2000
SPEED=23000
Soft Wood / Model Board
STEPDOWN=100
FEED=1000
SPEED=23000
Hard Wood / MDF
STEPDOWN=100
FEED=800
SPEED=23000
Plexiglas
STEPDOWN=75
FEED=1500
SPEED=23000
Re: Alternate milling materials to balsa wood for Compact 10
Posted: Thu 14 Mar , 2013 9:55 am
by Denford Admin
Where stepdown is the percentage of tool diameter:
eg stepdown 75 on a 6mm cutter means it will cut down 4.5mm in Z on each pass.