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  1. 12-22-2009, 05:37 PM #1
    15mgtar
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    what endmills for wood?

    Can I use HSS endmills for machining wood? Or do I need a special material endmills designed just for wood?
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  2. 12-22-2009, 09:11 PM #2
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    I could be doing wrong, but so far quite successful use HSS 45-55 mills processing different tropical woods like mahagony, sapely, etc.
    You can get them for small $ on Ebay for ~ 5.50 US per 3mm mill, which looks to be ok for me ;-)
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  3. 12-23-2009, 07:15 AM #3
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    Carbide tooling would be preffered by any woodworker.
    http://www.onsrud.com/xdoc/wood
    This will get you started, you do not need to buy that brand.
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  4. 12-25-2009, 07:57 AM #4
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    Can I use carbide for aluminum also or just strictly for wood?
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  5. 12-25-2009, 02:29 PM #5
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    Yes, you can use carbide for aluminum too.
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