Routing aluminum

[Michael_Melancon (Mike M)]

@Tokoloshe

. I am exclusively using trochoidal milling for it

I have a thread around here somewhere detailing a good beginner trochoidal setup……

Edit: Found it…

Guide to Milling Aluminum Plates for MP3DP v5 with EstlCAM

I have just recently embarked on building myself an MP3DP v5 (Forum thread). I decided I would mill the Aluminum plates myself because why not? This is why I built myself a CNC to begin with…I wanted to be able to make things. My intent here is to detail, as much as I can, how I went from only ever milling MDF, to successfully milling my MP3DP v5 aluminum plates without any major setbacks. There seemed to be some interest in my build thread for some help tackling this job. !!! Note: Although t…