Taig CNC Mill Cutting Brass Die - 8x Actual Speed

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Uploaded by on Sep 21, 2009

The video was sped up 8x. The die is 2" x 0.5". This was cut with one of my Taig CNC mills. Three 270 oz stepper motors move the X, Y and Z axes. The spiral endmill here is solid carbide and is 1/16" in diameter. It's turning at 6,700rpm. The shape was created with Rhino 3D. It was converted to G-code with SheetCAM. Mach3 Mill runs the Taig during this 2.5D cut. A stream of compressed air moves the swarf from the path of the endmill.
This is a striped relief printing die for lampworking. My wife is a lampwork bead maker and I design these dies for her. Colored enamel powder is spread on the raised pattern and the hot glass rolled or pressed onto it, passing the pattern to the glass.

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  • Ertlaerbaer01 - Brass is a hard metal, and the accuracy of the cut more than makes up for the what you thought was lacking in speed.

  • could have been real time, it's not that fast...

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