I did a cabinet for holding CDs in maple this way. Everything came out to about
+/- .001" accuracy, and I tapped the thing together with a rubber mallet. The mill probably won't spin the bit fast enough, but it should work pretty well. There might be a little more chipping of the edge due to this.Jon
I need to make some moderately precise pieces out of plywood (birch model aircraft plywood). Should I just chuck a router bit up in my mill, or is there a better bit to use?
Danke.
It works. No problem. Rev up! It also works the other way, if you use a router bit in the router on aluminium. Supposed you use cutting oil. I did that to make radii.
Bitte. :-)
Nick
I've done wood work in my mill and rather than use as router bit I used a BRAND NEW 4 flute running at top speed. I figure that since the mill isn't running as fast as a router I needed more cutting edges. I've worked both hard and soft wood and have astounded a few cabinet makers with what I produced.
You can do dado, dovetail, and mortise and tenon and that are EXACT.
I made a jig to do some tongue and groove work that was pretty cool too.
FWIW this was all for 1/8 scale model work.
--.- Dave
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