sendithard
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- May 18, 2021
I've learned a ton from my machining tech instructor, but we are working on cnc stuff now and it seems he just wants to break world records. I have some CAM experience and watching these young 20 yr olds be instructed to run at max rpm is worrying to me. Maybe I am wrong, that is why I post this issue.
We have a basic small vertical mill with a bt-30 holder and 4-5 horsepower spindle that can run 10,000rpm and weights roughly 2500 lbs. A student always asks me questions on CAM b/c the instructor is an old school hand programmer at heart. I always tell him to try steel at 200-300sfm for our HSS cutters and limit the cut to 15% radially. Today, the instructor tells him I am wrong and to run the 3/4" HSS endmill at max rpm(10,000), b/c we are only cutting at .4 doc. This is still 2000sfm and it is 1018 steel. Then they laugh when I say the .780 slot is going to be quite the experience at 160ipm and 10K rpm with a .75 HSS cutter. Part of the issue is the part is only 4 inches long so many features the machine can't get up to speed, unless I'm wrong on the acceleration...
Anyway, I put my foot down this morning and told them I thought this was wrong. I suggested students should be running parts at 200-400 sfm in steel. I was told I was wrong and parts shouldn't be run with 6 spark plugs pulled out of the engine. I don't have real world experience, but I care about what is right and the students. Am I wrong to fight against 2000sfm in steel?
Thanks.
We have a basic small vertical mill with a bt-30 holder and 4-5 horsepower spindle that can run 10,000rpm and weights roughly 2500 lbs. A student always asks me questions on CAM b/c the instructor is an old school hand programmer at heart. I always tell him to try steel at 200-300sfm for our HSS cutters and limit the cut to 15% radially. Today, the instructor tells him I am wrong and to run the 3/4" HSS endmill at max rpm(10,000), b/c we are only cutting at .4 doc. This is still 2000sfm and it is 1018 steel. Then they laugh when I say the .780 slot is going to be quite the experience at 160ipm and 10K rpm with a .75 HSS cutter. Part of the issue is the part is only 4 inches long so many features the machine can't get up to speed, unless I'm wrong on the acceleration...
Anyway, I put my foot down this morning and told them I thought this was wrong. I suggested students should be running parts at 200-400 sfm in steel. I was told I was wrong and parts shouldn't be run with 6 spark plugs pulled out of the engine. I don't have real world experience, but I care about what is right and the students. Am I wrong to fight against 2000sfm in steel?
Thanks.