Brand new and have been having a blast with the ShopBot! Just have a question to hammer out.
I'm cutting into 1/2" Birch Plywood with 1/4", 2 flute, carbide, straight, upcut end mill.
I am cutting in 2 passes.
My settings have been:
Spindle Speed 8000 rpm
Feed Rate .75 inch/sec
Plunge Rate .12 inch/sec
I just downloaded a project I want to try out from the project wizard and the settings set there are:
Spindle Speed: 18000 rpm
Feed Speed: 1.75 inches/sec
plunge Rate: .5 inches/sec
It is set for a 3/4" piece of plywood but still using a 1/4" end mill with 3 passes. Obviously the settings are much higher than what I've been using.
Have I been going to slow? Should I up my speed on this and future projects?
After reading through the forums, I get the feeling that I am going to slow, but I just want confirmation.