Originally Posted by arrinick  I have to use an endmill with a LOC of 1.5" or more because that's how deep the part is. I am trying to keep it as short as possible though. I made new drive pullys for my motor to get me up to 5k RPMs, but that didn't seem to help much with surface finish, so I went back to the stock pullys. I susupect that as others have said, I have just run up against the limits of the machine. I guess I'll just bite the bullet and buy the z axis upgrade.
Cheers,
Nick |
Side-milling 1.5" DOC takes a VERY tight, rigid machine to get a really first-rate finish.... I would think that well beyond the abilities of all but the biggest "benchtop" machines.
Regards,
Ray L.