Ordinarily I use BreakFree CLP to cool and lubricate the cutting surface, but the spray bottle puts out so much oil that I went looking for a smaller bottle. What I found had KY Jelly in it, which works pretty well. (At least the workpiece and end mill seem satisfied.)
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Machining
The production part requires excavating a section off the bottom and top of a rectangular solid of aluminum, and two side sections, and a slot down the middle. The bottom excavation works, now I have the side section cuts under way.
Ordinarily I use BreakFree CLP to cool and lubricate the cutting surface, but the spray bottle puts out so much oil that I went looking for a smaller bottle. What I found had KY Jelly in it, which works pretty well. (At least the workpiece and end mill seem satisfied.)
Ordinarily I use BreakFree CLP to cool and lubricate the cutting surface, but the spray bottle puts out so much oil that I went looking for a smaller bottle. What I found had KY Jelly in it, which works pretty well. (At least the workpiece and end mill seem satisfied.)
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Clayton,
ReplyDeleteI've followed you for years. I know nothing about machining other than Engineering Drawing in 1960. I appreciate your analytical approach.
Now, the K-Y jelly brought the Coke to my nose.
Keep up the good work.
JJ
It may be just the video, but that seems much too slow of a spindle speed. Even the sound seems wrong.
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