I’m building a kit car and need a radiator grill. Have designed one in CAD and cut it on the LR3 to test fit it. This is just for prototyping - the final version will be laser cut from stainless steel (not by me!!). Although, now I’m wondering whether I could cut an aluminium one. Thoughts? Don’t…

Thanks for all the input. I think I get it now. I’ll have to work out our how to program that However all this complication is making me lean more towards paying someone to laser or water cut it :smiley:

[image] Eetu: have never test it with v1e machines, but I would try to pre-drill with using the cnc Good point

Hahaha I was like ohhh that’s a ac cobra :wink: Keep us updated plz

[image] Travis : Keep us updated plz Will do

Doug and Eetu, that is a great idea! I never thought to try that… it would really shorten the cut time!

Yep. A regular drill bit has a different bottom, angled with blades pointing downward, and can penetrate and drill faster than an end mill with a flat bottom. Presumably you’d be using a drill bit with hardened steel and/or some coating on it to increase life span. As @ebbels mentioned, a drill bit …

Only note that makita (or others hand routers) rpm ain’t ideal for drilling. Makita dial number 1 is 9.7k rpm?, so it is important to get feeds calculated right. It is in my todo list to test drilling into aluninium by lr3. (quite long list so far and growing every day more xd) I let you know how it…

Have the drill be a tool in estlcam and then the milling be a different tool. Manually order it or Estlcam can order it for you so the drill goes first then it pauses for tool change and then it will do the mill operation.

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Bigchepin (Gato) October 1, 2024, 1:59pm 31

Carbon fiber would be pretty slick. You could cut the mold or print it in sections.