Digital Height Gage (almost finished)

[dallen]

(08-10-2013, 08:00 AM)chucketn Wrote:

(08-10-2013, 07:54 AM)dallen Wrote: wipe it with a rag soaked in some paint thinner, should get rid of the graphite, Cast Iron dust is a Bi%^h to clean up, gets on everything. how were you able to get under the things skin??

you can use the back end of a 1/8 inch drill bit if you only need a short piece.

Thanks dallen, I'll try the paint thinner.
I got under the skin with a new 1/2 cheapie 4 flute end mill, after figuring out I was running the mill waaaaay to fast. Set RPM down around 450 and a slow power feed on the X axis. My feeds and speeds chart I use for guidance didn't have Cast Iron listed and I was trying to use the steel speeds.

Chuck

get a bucket if you don't have one to toss all them broken dull and mistreated cutters and drill bits into cause they come in handy all the time to make things out of like them special one flute endmills you can't buy.

DA