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Engraving aluminum

Discussion in 'CNC Mills/Routers' started by Duncan Meyer, Nov 29, 2020.

  1. Duncan Meyer

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    Hi,
    I need to engrave each of my 56 aluminum (6061-T6) parts (otherwise, I'll never be able to tell them apart). So:
    (1) Any advice on router bit to use?
    (2) Any advice on feeds/speeds?
    (3) Any advice on DOC?

    Thanks
    Duncan
     
  2. Giarc

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    I just did this with 6061 about one month ago. It was my first attempt and I was kind of a chicken and was conservative. It worked well with a cheap 1.5mm PCB engraving endmill that comes in one of those cheap Amazon PCB engraving sets. I used 0.2mm depth of cut 400mm/min feed rate with a 6 degree ramp in and a 100 mm/min plunge rate at approximately 18000 rpms. [​IMG]
     
  3. Duncan Meyer

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    Hi,
    Thank you. Excellent starting point for me. And nice work, BTW...
     
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