Trochoidal milling aluminum with MPCNC

Video of milling an aluminum part with my MPCNC:

The piece was fixed with a screw:

Milling
Milling.

Result
Result.

The model was designed with the CAD software SolidWorks:

CAD model
CAD model.

The toolpath was generated with Estlcam:

Estlcam
Estlcam.

With the following settings:

  • Diameter: 3 mm
  • Depth per pass (step down): 1,02 mm
  • Feedrate: 800 mm/min
  • RPM: 12000
  • Trochoidal step length: 3 %
  • Trochoidal width: 50 %
  • Trochoidal oscillation: 0 mm

Toolpath
Toolpath.

Final result
Final result.

Assembled piece
Assembled piece.

License

Author: Mazzo.me

Link: https://www.mazzo.me/en/posts/trochoidal-milling-aluminum-mpcnc/

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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