Cutting speeds

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I used a 500W china spindle for my tests.

Plexiglas (PMMA)

Melts at 160°C (even earlier than your printer's PLA or PETG).

These are the main challenges:

  • Make sure the chips leave the flute so they can't friction weld (dust shoe, compressed air)
  • Finding the highest cutting volume (diameter*speed*attack) while keeping the tool as cool as possible
cutter diameter (mm) speed (mm/min) attack (mm) plunge (mm/min) rpm cooling notes
single-flute 2.0 300 30 0.5 10,000 none Great result, more should be doable!
single-flute 2.0 400 30 0.75 10,000 none Looks good, might be the limit before it shows.

Engraving

0.5mm deep TBD TBD

Poplar plywood (Pappelsperrholz)

cutter diameter (mm) speed (mm/min) attack (mm) plunge (mm/min) rpm cooling notes
single-flute 2.0 300 30 2.0 10,000 none Great result, more should be doable!

Pine plywood (Kiefersperrholz)

cutter diameter (mm) speed (mm/min) attack (mm) plunge (mm/min) rpm cooling notes
single-flute 2.0 400 2.0 100 10,000 none Works out fine, more speed should be possible.

OSB (Grobspanplatten)

cutter diameter (mm) speed (mm/min) attack (mm) plunge (mm/min) rpm cooling notes
single-flute 3.175 500 0.75 80 10,000 none Works out fine, more speed should be possible.
single-flute 3.175 555 1.00 127 10,000 none Works out fine, more speed or attack should be possible.
single-flute 3.175 555 2.00 127 10,000 none Works out fine, more speed or attack should be possible.

Examples

12mm OSB, 3.175 single flute

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    • Cutting speed: 555mm/min
    • Attack: 1.00mm
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    • Cutting speed: 555mm/min
    • Attack: 2.00mm

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