Re: Wood work using a metal cutting machine?
I have a customer who uses nothing but Haas VFs in his cabinet shop. Has about a dozen of them. No routers at all.
You can cut wood just fine on a metalworking machine. You just have to match the feed speed to the spindle speed because you are not able to turn at router spindle speeds so the feed needs to be slower. I cut wood on my mill whenever needed. Sometimes I use router bits, other times I just use sharp HSS or carbide endmills.
I recommend a suction system to get rid of the sawdust, especially when cutting MDF.
Here is the one I whipped up for my mill, connects to my shop vac.
Jim Dawson
Sandy, Oregon, USA