Brass Brands
I figured it would be good to start a new thread instead of hi-jacking the "how many" thread with this topic. With a combination of advice from members I am trying to salvage my brand by re-machining the final detail pass with another 1/32" end mill. This time I am using 2 IPM feed speed, .008" DOC 4500 RPM 2 flute HSS Niagra and just picking out the internal radius areas that the 1/16" end mill left behind when it did it's roughing pass. So far 20 minutes into the job and it has not broke yet (it is running right now). It is going to take 2 hours to complete which is about 4 times longer than I bid the job for, but at least I am learning
Anyway here are a few pictures, one is of my new shower curtain setup, I made a bracket from CR round 1/2" and used the head bolts to mount it. The plastic is that softer/flexable (high dollar) shower curtain stuff from Wal Mart. The other photo is a close up of the brand being machined, my digital camera is really old (12 years) and it still caught the spindle, that is actually 4500 RPM in the image. I use a ER style collet setup.
BlueFin CNC LLC
Southern Oregon