Computer Aided Machining
Lab's safety training
Runout test, alignment, speeds, feeds, materials, and toolpaths for your machine
Task
Select one material, size and thickness
make a characterization table for diferente cutters
Task development
for this assignment we had to choose a material to cut (we chose 15 mm MDF) and our cutters diameter and flute type
this are the ones we used.
From top to bottom and left to right
1/4" ER-32 Nozzle
3/8” ER-32 Nozzle
1/2" ER-32 Nozzle
60° V Bit
1/8” upcut 2flute Endmill
1/4" Upcut 2flute endmill
3/8” compresión 2 flute endmill
1/2" upcut 2 flute endmill
From top to bottom and left to right
1/4" ER-32 Nozzle
3/8” ER-32 Nozzle
1/2" ER-32 Nozzle
60° V Bit
1/8” upcut 2flute endmill
1/4" upcut 2flute endmill
3/8” compresión 2 flute endmill
1/2" upcut 2 flute endmill
We have a A2MC AXYZ CNC router and a licence for Vectric’s Vcarve pro that was our software of choice.
Picture of the design:
We create a settings by colors, to indicate different operations in the software.
This are the parameters we used for the different flutes.
60 degrees "V" bit
1/8" endmill
1/4" endmill
3/8" endmill
1/2" endmill
This is the final engraving board, using the 5 flutes, measuring how it works in a regular environment.
And this is the video of the whole process.
