Step 9: Buy more bits!

So far I've been using cheap eBay cutters whcih cost less than £5 for a pack of 10, which is fine for first steps where you are likely to be doing stuff wrong, but not so great once you're doing stuff you actually care about.

I got on to Cutwel Tools for some decent cutters, here's what I bought:

Code Description Price
E5E47020 2mm 1 Flute Alu Power Carbide End Mill £8.29
E5D800103S 1mm 2 Flute Lapped Alu Power Ball Nose Slot Drill - YG-1 (E5D80 Series) £8.16
E5D800303S 3mm 2 Flute Lapped Alu Power Ball Nose Slot Drill - YG-1 (E5D80 Series) £8.68
E5E47030 3mm 1 Flute Alu Power Carbide End Mill £8.51

Edit from the future: The ones that get most use are the 3mm 1-flute cutters, which are just lovely. Unfortunately it's easy to blunt one while you're fiddling with settings, or if you mess up, I've got through about 4 of them so far and will be buying them in bulk in future!

cnc/cnc_adventures/9-more-bits.txt · Last modified: 2019/10/31 17:19 by jin
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