carbon fiber laminated

[marvin]

I have a project cutting carbon fiber laminated 3D, I have'nt been run this kind material before,anyone knows how to use speed & feedrate on milling machine? it seems real tough material to cut ,Thannks

Marvin

[DaveR]

I know a guy who does CF for radio control planes, uses diamond tools that look like burr router bits, 0.125", goes pretty slow, 4-5 ipm. I think water jet would be a lot cheaper in the long run and give a nicer edge finish. A problem you will run into is de-lamination of the edge when the tool starts to get dull. Also don't breath the dust, it's bad for the lungs, use a nice big vac.

[Hardmill]

Did a search for carbon fiber, and found many threads

heres one: http://www.emastercam.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...ic;f=1;t=001476

 

 

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