Been trying to do a bit of engraving in 6061-T6... I have a 3 edged, 60 degree carbide 1/8" shank engraver with a 0.03" tip. I've got a taig cnc that I'm trying to do this on, but I can't seem to get a good engraving...
It looks like the material is getting pushed around, not actually cutting but almost like its melting and pushing the material around the engraving path. I've tried 10k rpm, at ~12ipm which wasn't too bad, and I've tried ~18ipm and just about everything in between. I can't seem to find an optimal feed rate to engrave at. Perhaps I'm taking too deep of a cut (0.01")?
Does anyone have some good tips engraving, or general rules of thumb?