Hi,
We have a small shop with a few cnc lathes + cnc mills.
We are in the process of learing the cnc mill as it was recently purchased. I am relatively new to machining.
While learning we use scrap metal we find around in the shop. Our regular jobs are with aluminum and steel.
I was wondering what would be the ideal material to be used while learning the machine ?
Ultimately, I was thinking of some sort of clay which could be shaped and hardened into the stock size we are working on. This would prevent us from ordering stock everytime we want to test and learn on a new part. This would probably be cheaper as well.
Is something like this available ? What would you recommend we do ? Any suggestions ?
Again, I am new to this so I apologize if this question is not realistic.
Thanks,
Fred |