Solved: Milling XPS Foam - Autodesk Community
Solved: Milling XPS Foam - Autodesk Community
I have an OX that I modified to 5'x5' with a Quiet Cut Spindle & Speed Control. I would like to mill this simple kiteboard out of extruded polystyrene (blue DOW insulation). This will be my first project and I have some questions about the CAM setup.
3D>Parallell seems like a reasonable option. The head will move from tip to tail of the board with X and Y, milling the 'rocker' with the Z Axis. The board will be flipped over to mill the other side in the same fashion. I'll have to make some tabs or standoffs of some sort so there is enough stock left to keep the piece flat on the table top when it's flipped over.
First issue is Tool Selection. I have a few end mills I ordered from Inventables. I thought this 1/8" Ball End would be the most suitable although will probably be painfully slow. Open to reccomendations for other bits for tooling foam. Planning to do a lot of it.
So this 1/8" Ball End could be used for a number of applications, and I am getting the impression I can make a 'New Tool' for each? Feeds and Speeds is something I need to get into (so many calculators...) but when I get my settings for foam, I input them into the New Tool creation and save it so that whenever I tool foam I can select this tool and it will apply the saved feeds and speeds? I could make another tool with the same dimensions but different feeds and speeds for wood or plastic? If so, very handy. One tool with different settings for multiple applications
Moving onto Geometry / Heights / Passes / Linking. Lot of options and I can't seem to find a combination that will generate a toolpath and show me a simulation, which has me thinking maybe Parallel isn't what I want or I'm missing some setting or on the wrong track.
Please advise
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