Monday, July 4, 2016

New VFD enclosure, how does it go with aluminium?

Trial cuts on some aluminium off cuts seemed pretty good.



The panels cut well with a 3.2mm cutter at 18000 RPM with a feed rate of about 2000mm/min.  The depth of cut was limited to about 0.5mm as the machine isn't terribly stiff at the moment.



The 200 odd 2mm holes drilled extremely well.  One drill bit lasted the whole run.  Turns out the correct speeds and feeds make a huge difference.

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