phd1658
04-08-2009, 04:39 PM
I'm still pretty new to all of this, so any help/advice will definitely be appreciated. I need to mill a mockup front panel with my company's logo on it. I've done the toolpath for the design and it will require a .02 tip 10% bit to get the corners of a star incorporated in the design. The production pieces will be cut out with either a water jet or a laser. For the mockup, I've been looking at machinable wax but have not been able to locate the material thickness I would like to start out with (.25). I have also been checking out the Johnson Plastics' engraving materials http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/johnsonplastics/catalog09/
My biggest concern is that I will have to cut the star .185 deep. I have a 3.25 hp PC router. Does anyone have any thoughts as to whether the Johson material will be OK for that size bit (and that deep).....or where I could get some .25 machinable wax....or what other material I might use? Thanks!
My biggest concern is that I will have to cut the star .185 deep. I have a 3.25 hp PC router. Does anyone have any thoughts as to whether the Johson material will be OK for that size bit (and that deep).....or where I could get some .25 machinable wax....or what other material I might use? Thanks!