I've been finding that when raising and lowering for tabs. I get these annoying indentations either side. Obviously ramping can't help with tabs but I'll give that a try otherwise.
I got a workbee 1500x1500 and have no clue about what I am doing when it comes to bits and speed and so on I have a 2.2kw whather spindle an basicly need it to cut acrylic (4mm) and aluminium sheets (1mm). I bought some bits when I bought the machine, but dont know what they are and what they are for...... What kind of bits and sizes are recomend for the acrylic and the aluminium? I downloaded the "Speed and Feeds" .pdf you had uploaded. The only thing I cant understand is what (DIAL 611 & MAKITA) means.... Will the setting change with bits wit different dia? If they are, what dia is for the speeds and feeds you have uploaded? I am using Easel software (www.easel.com) by the way, and I now see that the DOC, FEED & PLUNGE is insanely higher in your "speeds and feeds" pdf upload here than the settings in Easel.... Hope your understand me, my english is not the best (from Norway)
O-flute bits for acrylic and aluminum.. the dial references are speed settings for the 611 dewalt router and the Makita 0701 Cheers Gary
Dial 611 and Makita tell you what speed the Dewalt 611 and Makita rt700 palm routers will be set at for different positions on their speed dial. Alex.
What sizes do you recomend, and how many flutes for best result? If you know the DOC, FEED & PLUNGE for them to I would be super happy hehe The more I read, the more confused I get
Single flute, my settings for aluminium (using a Chinese clone of the Makita palm router) are 10~12 K rpm, 500 mm/min, 0.5 mm doc, plunge 300 mm/min (but use ramp feed-in). I use alcohol (meths) as a coolant/lubricant. Alex.
I prefer to use as large of an endmill as I can get away with when cutting aluminum. A 1/4" cuts way better and faster than a 1/8" endmill. With a 2 flute 1/4" endmill, I believe I was cutting at 0.8mm depth of cut at 900mm/min with my Makita the last time I cut aluminum plates. 1/4" has a lot less deflection than a 1/8" which is why it cuts nicer.
