04-11-2018, 07:24 AM
So first chips were produced. I was mostly trying to do some cuts to test the feeling and see how I could improve my work position. I learned few things:
1) don't leave your coffee next to the mill
2) The first think I needed was a better vacuum cleaner
3) Bigger cutters are better :-)
4) Cut and feeds calculator gives useful information. On this latter I noticed that all my setup (Mill + table) tent to suffer of vibrations mostly at low RPM, while handle better higher RPM. Eventually I will have a separate table for the machine.
One thing that I tried successfully (and I am wondering why it is not a common practice), is to have the mouth of the vacuum cleaner right at the cutting point. I see that like this there is a flow of air at the cutting point and the area is always mostly clean. I cannot use coolant to clean around. The machine is in an apartment, it would make a mess.
D.
1) don't leave your coffee next to the mill
2) The first think I needed was a better vacuum cleaner
3) Bigger cutters are better :-)
4) Cut and feeds calculator gives useful information. On this latter I noticed that all my setup (Mill + table) tent to suffer of vibrations mostly at low RPM, while handle better higher RPM. Eventually I will have a separate table for the machine.
One thing that I tried successfully (and I am wondering why it is not a common practice), is to have the mouth of the vacuum cleaner right at the cutting point. I see that like this there is a flow of air at the cutting point and the area is always mostly clean. I cannot use coolant to clean around. The machine is in an apartment, it would make a mess.
D.