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sadisticiron
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 Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:08 pm Post subject: milling aluminum |
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| has anyone thought about or have set their machines up to mill aluminum. i was thinking about setting up another z axis to hold a router spindle but was wondering if anybody has done it or has an idea. i am thinking of doing a few things not so much production work |
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jeepsr4ever
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These machines are not setup to take machining forces. The main issue with machining forces are acceleration and the angle of the force. Some mfgs will advertise a CNC plasma/CNC router but to do one well means you will not do the other well. Take DTHC for instance if you have a DTHC controlled Z axis you cannot route with it. But if you dont have DTHC you can do some routing but the system must be setup for it meaning larger/wider gear racks and slowing down acceleration on the motors...ect.
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