Feedrate

Calculating the proper milling feedrate ("travel speed") is crucial for a long lifetime of your bits. Check out this English tutorial. We are collecting our experiences with different settings.

Feeds and Speeds Calculators

• cnccookbook: "G-Wizard" calculators
  • commercial software - free trials for 30 days, hobbyist version costs approx. $80
  • online calculator only comes with values for metals
• "Feed and Speed wizard" web app
  • seems like a neat tool for a metal mill but the spindle speeds (rpm) are too low for a CNC router
• kennametal.com web app
  • also mostly useful for metal milling(?) - you'll need to know a thing or two about the required input parameters like "SFM" or "IPR" (depend on your material)