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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] cutting boards / milling

2005-06-28 by Stefan Trethan

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:09:45 +0200, Les Newell <lesnewell@...>  
wrote:

> Hi Stefan,
> Yes I use them regularly. They last a suprisingly long time. If you are
> only cutting through one thickness of board you can feed at quite a high
> rate as well. You do need a reasonable spindle speed. Mine is about
> 10000RPM which is probably a little slow. I don't know how well a Dremel
> type tool will handle the side loads though. If the spindle chatters in
> slack bearings you are likely to break the cutter.
> BTW use good extraction because it does produce quite a lot of dust.
> Les


I hope the proxxon IB-E will do (15k), it has ok bearings. if not i've got  
to make a spindle...

Thanks for the been there doing that information.


Plan on using a dedicated shop vac for extraction.

ST

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