Is there a masterlist or something there abouts that has some recomended tool settings for Estlecam?
I know every MPCNC is a little different but the sharp things are similar. I need to enter these into my tool list.
Am I overthinking this?
You can’t really plan that ahead enough. For example:
Say you were working in some 3/4" material at 5mm/s and 5MM Depth of cut. You cut through 3/4" in 4 passes. Then you switch to 1/2" material. Then after two passes, you’d only have 2mm left, so it makes more sense to choose 4mm DOC, and go a little faster, or maybe 6mm/s and only take two passes. It really is flexible. There are some staring places in the docs, under milling basics.
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Being new to the world of CNC milling , I am just trying to make sure all my numbers are correct.
Its all hooked up to a variable speed Makita 701c router. I have no one looking over my shoulder telling me I am AFU.
Looks like I missed an overlap setting on my surfacing bit.
Increased the feed rate manually…
This would be good if I was doing an ultrasonic c scan on a part but 2 hours to to surface 530 mm by 380 mm.
I overlooked something estlecam.
The 8th column from the left (blue column) is the stepover as a percent of the tool diameter. For surfacing you should be able to increase that to 50% or more. That will finish the job 10x faster.
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your 1/16 2 flute 15 mm/s may be to fast and deep at 1m i use 8mm/s feed and 2 mm depth of cut and 40% step over works and adjust from there and the #2 End-mill step over should probably be 40% also if it is a flat endmill
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