jdholbrook33
Plastic
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2015
- Location
- Houston, Texas
Recently we've been doing a part that is 1.5" wide and using a 2" face mill to bring it down to thickness.
I'm dissatisfied with the surface finish so tried different inserts, different feeds and speeds. No help.
Then I started checking the face mill and found that from high tooth to low tooth is 0.002".
I picked it up some years ago, it's a no name brand and don't remember where it came from.
It uses APMT inserts and I like it because I could get DLC coated inserts which hold up well machining C101 copper.
So now I'm on a hunt for a 2" facemill that is better than 0,002" and also accepts DLC, PCD or other diamond insert.
What surface finish do I need? Well, mirror smooth would be perfect but I'll take anything that is at least smooth. Right now the ridges are so big I can feel them with my finger.
When I slow the feeds down I get a strange pattern that I attribute to my machine not being very rigid. I have to feed it a little on the fast side to keep the facemill under pressure so that it cuts on only one side.
Machine is a 2017 VF2.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance
I'm dissatisfied with the surface finish so tried different inserts, different feeds and speeds. No help.
Then I started checking the face mill and found that from high tooth to low tooth is 0.002".
I picked it up some years ago, it's a no name brand and don't remember where it came from.
It uses APMT inserts and I like it because I could get DLC coated inserts which hold up well machining C101 copper.
So now I'm on a hunt for a 2" facemill that is better than 0,002" and also accepts DLC, PCD or other diamond insert.
What surface finish do I need? Well, mirror smooth would be perfect but I'll take anything that is at least smooth. Right now the ridges are so big I can feel them with my finger.
When I slow the feeds down I get a strange pattern that I attribute to my machine not being very rigid. I have to feed it a little on the fast side to keep the facemill under pressure so that it cuts on only one side.
Machine is a 2017 VF2.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance