I use a cheap chinese hand held router, that is attached to the cnc machine.
It is rated at 2400w and has variable speed control between 18000rpm and 28000rpm.
My router has had a tough life cutting a venere of 10mm MDF and 2 x 1mm aluminium sheet on both sides. I have gone through 2 of them in a year. The bearing is the weakest link. But I dont mind since the routers only cost $200 to replace. I treat them as a consumable item at that price, and the certainly pay for them selves 100 times over in terms of what they cut.
Possibly try one of these first, until you have earnt enough bucks to buy an industrial one.
The other consideration is cutting your material in two passes. The first pass at 1/2 inch and the second pass the full depth. This can help by not bogging down the router. |