Hi guys,
I am part way through my G0704 CNC conversion and am looking to start figuring out some tooling. This is my first adventure into the world of machining so please excuse me for the forum sins that I may be committing. I have searched about this topic for the last week and could not find anything that seemed to answer my question to my satisfaction.
One of the things that I wanted to do with this CNC machine was mill some knife handles out of G10 and carbon fiber which would be from somewhat thin sheets. I know that diamond coated endmills are the best for this but they are pricey and look to require some pretty high speeds which the stock spindle on my machine cannot deliver, max speed is ~2200. Delamination is the highest priority as I can live with a long cycle time that I would think come with not being able to spin the endmill fast.
Has anyone had experience doing what I am looking to do? I was also hoping to get some links to products.
Thank you for any help you guys can give.