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Post by greggarriss on Sept 29, 2009 15:08:53 GMT -5
Hey guys,
I'm "engraving" the surfaces ( all 4 ) of bars of hardwood and am having issues with the lack of squareness / parallelism in the stock. A friend gets things pretty flat on each face but the total is a little skewed. If it were metal, I'd spend the time fly cutting faces and be done. But putting a fly cutter into a wood router seems like a bad idea. Is there a specific cutter available for this sort of operation?
Thanks
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Post by bjenkins on Sept 30, 2009 1:01:33 GMT -5
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Post by bjenkins on Sept 30, 2009 14:15:30 GMT -5
Hi George,
I read your message again and I'm not sure but it sounds like you want to make the sides parallel. In that case, my bit suggestion is not what you need.
Sorry about that. I'm new and I don't even really know what a fly cutter is. HA! Hopefully someone will answer your question.
Bill
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Post by greggarriss on Sept 30, 2009 17:32:34 GMT -5
Thanks Bill,
That looks like a good start to the problem. If I can make a face flat, I can get to square with a little work. I'll get one of these on order today.
Greg
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Post by Nick on Sept 30, 2009 21:03:08 GMT -5
Take note that the 270X series of Magnate cutters is not a flat cutter. It has a 1 degree angle from parallel surface and is designed for use on rotary axis cutting.
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Post by romaxxcnc on Oct 3, 2009 10:19:53 GMT -5
Just a safety note here:
We see the term "fly-cutting" in reference to surfacing. Fly cutters are sold with 1/2" shanks. Typically they consist of a body with a slot for a tool bit at some angle. The tool bit is simply held with 2 or 3 set screws. I would be very suspect at running one of these much over one-thousand RPM. They are not balanced and the tool bit if not secured properly can be thrown out at high speed. Very dangerous projectile.
I'm sure you guys know all this, just in case someone comes along that might not. The fly tools that are sold are really intended for low RPM operations. 1000 RPM and below.
Thanks, Ron
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Post by greggarriss on Oct 6, 2009 1:46:07 GMT -5
Thanks for the reminder, Ron.. Watching the flycutter on my mill running at 800RPM prompted my questions about surfacing wood with one.. NO way would I ever consider running that cutter at router speeds!! But there's got to be some way of doing the same surfacing job with wood and a router.
BTW, So far I've made over 400 intricately patterned surfaces out of some really tough hard woods on my WD-1 and love it.
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