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Default End mills break when making a dog clutch

Ignoramus17758 wrote in
rec.crafts.metalworking on Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:28:01 -0600:

1/8" end mill
4 flute
1 IPM feedrate
2,000 RPM


So your chip load (per rev) is 1"/2000rpm = .0005"per rev.
/4(flutes)=0.000125.

I think that is too small of a chip load. Increase your feed, or
decrease your RPM. I would aim for .002 per tooth.

..002load * 4flutes = .008/rev. * 2000rpm = 16ipm

I would also slow down(feed) on inside corners, where extra load is
encountered.

BTW, I once saw what you are making in a catalog some ware. It was to
use in a 1/2" drill to crank the knee up and down.
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Dan H.
northshore MA.