well I have got off my a$$ and

[truman]

no I havn't replaced it yet I am working on the small pieces right now that was all I cut so far but I will be cutting more soon and I will post everything as I go

Rob

[truman]

well I made some modifications and cut my bearing blocks in mdf they turned out perfect

Rob

[mhiggins]

Originally Posted by truman well here is the first alluminum part I cut on my machine I was very happy with it it was only out about 2thou. I screwed up when I made the toolpath by selecting inside instead of outside edge for the path to cut it out. I cut it at 30ipm and took 0.030" passes very light but well worth the wait if you are wondering what it is it is a bearing block hope to upgrade all of the hdpe. oh ya I used a two flute upcut carbide endmill at 16000 rpm.

Did you use any kind of cutting fluid when you machined these?

[truman]

those ones are just mdf but for the alluminum I squirted a little wd40 as it cut works well.

Rob