OKKHM1250 MAN
Plastic
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2010
- Location
- Buffalo'ish
When I first went to a local trade school, and we were figuring SFM for drilling, we were taught the formula sfm=4xcutting speed dividedby tool dia.. I've been doing cnc milling for now 10 yrs. and always had a programmer with the exception of one shop. today, my programmer gave me a different formula thats sfm x 2.82 (ithink) x tool dia. which one is right. i found that if i tried to figure 100sfm in cast iron using a .120 (#31)twist dr. @.0025ipr i get a different result using each. and then me and said programmer got into a little tift about his speed and feed of the .120 drill. he had prog. for 325rpm @ 1ipm. seemed way tooooooooooooooooooooooooo slooooooooowww to me, so i gave his little formula a try and came up with about 3200rpm @ 8ipm. the said i was crazy. i tried it any way, and whuddya know, 4 hole, .3 dp @ about 1 min as opposed to his way @ about 4mins. i figured his sfm to be about 12. again, which one is right?
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