[Noisebridge-discuss] We got that goddamned mill to work

[David Yao]

re: littlemachineshop.com, I may have missed the carbide section, do they
have them? I saw just HSS (High Speed Steel).

McMaster, of course, is a well stocked source.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#carbide-end-mills
When choosing end mills for this CNC machine, pay attention to the shank
size, it should match the mill's available collet sizes.

(Please add collet sizes to the wiki.)

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DYao


On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:

> I know littlemachineshop.com is a good source for this stuff, can you guys
> point out which bits a prospective experamentor should buy?
> --S
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:46 AM, dpc <weasel at meer.net> wrote:
>
>> Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> writes:
>>
>> > The CNC mill works! Yay. Kudos to Mike Wright who did the majority of
>> > the config file wrangling and donated a host PC!
>>
>> huzzzaaaaaah!
>>
>> > Jonathan Moore suggests users get their own cutting tools. This is a
>> > good idea as you have some skin in the game, and tools are easily
>> > ruined by cutting the wrong kind of stuff
>>
>> i'd kick in for some ones for experimenting w/. (ie, i'd expect some
>> breakage/dulling since i've no experience w/ anything other than manual
>> feed systems).
>>
>> \p
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