I’m curious to know if the Lowrider2 can cut 3/4” or 5/8” melamine nicely using the dewalt dwp611 and cut doors out of MDF. Can anyone reference videos or pictures of it being done?

Welcome @Kyled1996 to the forum. Here is a post that you might be interested in. [image] Extended use and general FAQ Advice After loads and loads of research for traditional CNC routing my maker friend just tosed the lowrider at me. Since I’m going to jump into this i h…

I can verify it does amazingly in 3/4" MDF! I cut a complete arcade cabinet out of MDF with my full sheet lowrider v2. I’m still assembling it, but it’s going together without a hitch. Here’s some photos in that particular topic. Dragon’s Lair Arcade Game! I also cut a nice little stool from 3/4" …

Looks like it does the MDF quite well, I’d just be cutting rectangles out of a sheet for paintable fillers and such so I’m sure it wouldn’t be an issue there judging by what you’ve done with it. Any experience with 3/4” Melamine? Curious on the chip out

No melamine just yet, but I know a guy with one of those $25000 machines, and he told me masking tape is your friend when dealing with melamine. He gets that stuff vinyl shops use to mask the top side of the vinyl sticker, and covers the entire top of his melamine before he cuts it. As slow as the L…

I haven’t cut any melamine on my Lowrider either, but past experience with a regular router showed a down cut spiral bit is your friend with melamine. I don’t think the Lowrider is any different in that respect. I think it would probably work best to use a down cut for the first pass, and then sw…

Thanks! Good info to keep in mind

AH! Compression bits!! That’s the name I was trying to think of when I said “Up & Down cut”! Thanks @Paradox_Pete ! You can get them in 1/4" for sure, I have a few but have never used them myself.

I haven’t tried melamine, but I have used really cheap plywood. The kind of stuff where they saved money by not gluing the veneer down very well :man_shrugging:. The downcut bit leaves a good surface on the top, and an ok surface on the bottom. An upcut bit leaves a good surface on the bottom and a …

I gave a whirl a while back to some melamine faced mdf, it was awesome. Only a small sample albeit but thought it looked great. [20190615_212816] this was with a plain old 1/8" upcut even I think.

I was looking for some feeds and speeds but only found that it was possible to cut melamine so decided to try it out. My lowrider seems to have some flex (temperature is getting cold quick here in Indiana) so the following numbers are probably a bit conservative. I tried 5.5 doc at 15 and 10 mm/s …

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scrounge79 (Marion J. Makarewicz) March 26, 2020, 2:06am 2

Welcome @Kyled1996 to the forum. Here is a post that you might be interested in.

Also this one:

I use a Craftsman trim router and have done great with 3/4" MDF. The 611 would be even stronger and with a 6mm bit or smaller even should do fine. Others with LowRider experience will chime in.