Anyone used their router for milling brass and/or bronze? I can get my parts pretty close size/shape-wise with my bandsaw and belt grinder. Would like to build a "simple" jig for machining the last bit... exactly. Ideas/pictures...?
I see the issue as that of speeds: The maximum speed for peripheral miling of brass is AFAIK 350 sfm. You can increase it by 35% if you use Titanium Carbonitride coated end-mills. This would give you about 15,000 rpm for a 1/8" end-mill. Most routers go down to 8,000 rpm, so this is about the largest end-mill one could use and even then it is being pushed to the max.
For me, I do not see the practicality of such approach.
I personally wouldn't even consider such a project, a multi-speed drill press lends itself to various ingenious modifications much simpler to those done to one of my drill presses by it's previous owner.
Even that is tricky, as the bearings in drill presses are not designed/intended for lateral pressure.
I definitely would not use a router. CRQ expressed it perfectly. Don't do it !
Cheers
Peter
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