I have machined plenty of G10, but have never touched this G7 grade garolite. The parts a relatively simple basically .5" x 1" x 3.75" with two 11/32 holes and two slots(.75 x .25 deep) running in the 1" direction. Anyways I have to quote 24 of them and I am looking in Mcmaster Carr and it says that I need diamond coating tooling so am I going to have to get a diamond coated bandsaw blade to cut this stuff up(do they even make those?) or can I just sacrifice a regular bandsaw blade to cut this up. Secondly diamond coated tooling doesn't seem to be cheap, I grabbed a random catalogs(harvey tool and J@L) and a diamond coated 1/2 inch end mill list for around $220 .
Other than the expensive tools needed does it machine relatively easy if I am using the diamond tools, I will be doing it in the HAAS cnc, should flood coolant be used, I use it for G10 with no problems.
I think I covered everything but if I missed anything be sure to ask
Thanks
Don
Other than the expensive tools needed does it machine relatively easy if I am using the diamond tools, I will be doing it in the HAAS cnc, should flood coolant be used, I use it for G10 with no problems.
I think I covered everything but if I missed anything be sure to ask
Thanks
Don