SWEET!! Success. Well I finally got it figured out. What I did was get some brand new high end solid carbide endmills and worked from there.
The text using a router V bit didn't come out great but I knew this wasn't the right bit for the job but since the letters are going to filled in with paint it didn't matter.
So I programmed the text, then I programmed for the V bit to make a center punch mark for the holes, then the program stops. I then moved the gantry out of the way and use a Makita and a 3/8" drill bit and predrilled all the holes, the smallest hole the router is going to cut is 1/2". Then I programmed the holes using RAMP. With the new program and carbide 1/4" endmill it worked perfect. I used the standard Ramp settings in Artcam and then specified .0625 step and .0625 for the overlap. I set 5 IPM for the Plunge and 10 IPM for the feed speed. This was good but I could have gone faster with the plunge. I didn't get so much as a vibration....wicked. Then I needed to profile cut the outside, this worked before, but I decided to add LEAD IN settings. I ran the profile cut with a carbide 1/2" endmill at 20 IPM and it ran perfect.
Thanks everyone for the help. I will post pics of the pendent control I made in a few days when the paint is dry.
P.S. Oh, BTW I ran the router at full speed and it worked fine.  |