Can end mills be used safely and effectively in a router?
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Art Ransom
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On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 19:05:55 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Endmills are available in various designs for different uses. The ones
>designed for aluminum have clearance angles suitable for wood. Steel cutting
>bits will work,just not as well.
I use standard carbide 2 flute end mills. they are cheep at about 4.50 each and
work pretty well. they can aggressive when they are fresh bit work fine. I know
other bits can work even better but the price rises fast. when they only last me
about a month at most. I hate spending too much.
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Yes. I use them.
"Art Ransom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Can end mills be used safely and effectively in a router?
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> Art Ransom
> Lancaster,TX
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On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 17:14:38 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>They are all the time. They call them spiral bits.
a endmill is about 10 times stronger then these fragile things.
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Endmills are available in various designs for different uses. The ones
designed for aluminum have clearance angles suitable for wood. Steel cutting
bits will work,just not as well.
"Tom Dacon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> They'll work satisfactorily on wood, although the cutting angles on the
> flutes are designed for metal rather than wood. A router bit designed for
> plunge cutting would be a much better choice.
>
> They can also be used effectively (although not safely) on the softer
> metals, as the following account attests:
>
> Some years ago I was refastening the planks on the underbody of a wooden
> boat which had been originally fastened with 1 3/4" #14 bronze screws. The
> screws were about 40 years old when I did this, and rather soft and
> corroded. We got about half of them out with a screwdriver bit chucked in
a
> hand brace, most of the rest out with some rather inventive techniques,
but
> we were left with about a hundred or so that wouldn't come out by any
means.
> I chucked up a 3/8" four-flute endmill in my Porter Cable plunge router,
set
> at a maximum depth of about 1/2", and plunged down right over the screw
> heads, milling them down far enough that I could counterbore for a plug
over
> the remains of the screw shank. I used up four end mills, and by the time
> each of them was at the end of its short lifetime the smoke was flying.
>
> I got the job done, sure enough, but it was kind of cowboy, and all I can
> say about it is do NOT try this at home.
>
> Regards,
> Tom Dacon
>
>
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> > Can end mills be used safely and effectively in a router?
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