milling liners

jrhart50

jrhart50

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My question is how do you clean up the machine marks after milling?
hanks JRH
I am talking about milling liners on a folder with 1/2 4 flute end mill how do you cleen up tooling marks or do you just leave as is.
 
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Could you provide a little more information? What material are you milling? What are trying to mill, a slot in a guard, the bevel on a blade? What is you mill setup, work in a vice or clamped to the bed? Type of endmill (2flute, 4 flute). this could give people a clue as to what you are trying to achieve for a finish on your work.

Opps, saw the milling liners, sorry about that. Some of the other stuff still applies though
 
jrhart50 said:
My question is how do you clean up the machine marks after milling?
hanks JRH
I am talking about milling liners on a folder with 1/2 4 flute end mill how do you cleen up tooling marks or do you just leave as is.
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I start with a flat diamond needle file and remove the marks left from the milling cutter. I then use 220 to 600 grit paper wrapped around the file or shaped Popsicle stick. After sanding to 600 grit I will use a hard buffing wheel to put a shine on. This reflective surface, IMHO, really makes the finished inside look nice. I must add, sanding and finishing the reliefs is one of my least favorite aspects of making slips!:eek:
 
Slow your feed rate WAY WAY down, if you are doing it manually it is a little trickier but you can still do it. It will take a while but it is worth the time. Also are you conventional or climb milling? You should always climb mill, do super light cuts, .001 and go really slow. Conventional is really not even in my vocabulary. Do it right and you will have zero marks.
 
Thanks for the advice i havent milled any yet but i will soon using a rotery table and a 1/2 4 flute cutter and see how it goes on scrap first.
 
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