Solar71
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2005
- Location
- Hermosa Beach California
Hey all...
Im not sure how its written...
360 or maybe 3-60 or something like that...
I am getting 2 x 20 foot bars of 2.5 inch diameter brass...
I want to machine it at a high speed... and at high feeds too...
I have never cut anything brass before...
This will be Lathe work...
I will be using an insert drill first...
Then turning it down on the ID and OD with all kinds of radii and grooves...
Now... Here is the question...
What do you guys think about using coolent for cutting faster and faster ?
Is coolent bad when mixed with brass ?
None of the guys at work use coolent while cutting brass... But i have watched them cut brass... and they always cut it slow...
These parts i am making are called Thrust plates... They work with the ball gears i just finished making...
I will be making close to 400 units...
And i want to make these as fast as possible...
I have seen the other cnc machinist guys make this same part... His programs runs for (ABOUT) 8 minutes... I would really like to shoot for 4 minutes or less per unit...
This is sort of a challenge for me...
It makes the machining and programming more enjoyable if i have a "time" goal to shoot for...
So ...
Can i use coolent to go faster ?
Or do i just run it dry ?
What are your thoughts on this 360 ( 3-60 ) brass stuff ?
thanks
Im not sure how its written...
360 or maybe 3-60 or something like that...
I am getting 2 x 20 foot bars of 2.5 inch diameter brass...
I want to machine it at a high speed... and at high feeds too...
I have never cut anything brass before...
This will be Lathe work...
I will be using an insert drill first...
Then turning it down on the ID and OD with all kinds of radii and grooves...
Now... Here is the question...
What do you guys think about using coolent for cutting faster and faster ?
Is coolent bad when mixed with brass ?
None of the guys at work use coolent while cutting brass... But i have watched them cut brass... and they always cut it slow...
These parts i am making are called Thrust plates... They work with the ball gears i just finished making...
I will be making close to 400 units...
And i want to make these as fast as possible...
I have seen the other cnc machinist guys make this same part... His programs runs for (ABOUT) 8 minutes... I would really like to shoot for 4 minutes or less per unit...
This is sort of a challenge for me...
It makes the machining and programming more enjoyable if i have a "time" goal to shoot for...
So ...
Can i use coolent to go faster ?
Or do i just run it dry ?
What are your thoughts on this 360 ( 3-60 ) brass stuff ?
thanks