Milling Experiences

Materials and Tools

material	operation	mill	spindle speed	feedrate	pass depth	plunge rate	results	comments
black MDF, 19mm (Bauhaus)	2D contour	8 mm flat endmill, Z=2 (Sorotec UNI)	1	2000 mm/min	3 mm		excellent	two roughing and one finishing pass tabs to hold down work piece
MDF, 19mm (Bauhaus)	2D contour	8 mm flat endmill, Z=3 (cheap "VHM")	3-4	1000 mm/min	2 mm		terrible	loss of steps or drift along x-axis overheated mill, black, dull
black MDF, 19mm (Valchromat)	pocket clearing	8 mm flat endmill, Z=2 (Sorotec UNI)	1	2000 mm/min	3 mm		excellent
black MDF, 19mm (Valchromat)	2D chamfer	8 mm chamfer mill, Z=4	1	2000 mm/min			excellent
black MDF, 19mm (Bauhaus)	pocket operation	1 mm flat endmill	1	400 mm/min	2 mm		excellent
acrylic glass, 10mm	pocket operation	3 mm flat endmill, 4 flute	1.5	660 mm/min	0.4 mm		quite good	bottom a little rough
MDF, 5mm (Bauhaus)	drilling holes, pocket	1/4 inch Kyocera 1620 - 2500.500 flat endmill, 2 flute	1 (16000 RPM)	1000 mm/min	2.5mm	333 mm/min
Polycarbonate, 10mm	pocket operation & contur	3 mm flat endmill, 4 flute	1.5	900 mm/min	0.8 mm	660 mm/min	quite good