cutting small pieces of stainless steel

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cutting small pieces of stainless steel and engraving them with a mini Milling machine.
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I love the rings idea. Cool stuff.
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This is a good example why some of us are metal workers and others are artist!
Very nice!!
Question what size bit do you use and what RPM and depth of cuts and how many passes do you use?
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Awesome! How did you polish the pieces to a mirror finish?

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DXF wrote:Awesome! How did you polish the pieces to a mirror finish?

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sandpaper to prevent small parts in use 8/S/Fine Silicon Carbide Convolute Deburring Wheel , purchased in Ebay
Second, I use the polishing paste # 5 and # 6
in larger pieces use sand from 220-1500 and 8/S/Fine Silicon Carbide Convolute Deburring Wheel +polishing paste # 2 and # 1
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acourtjester wrote:This is a good example why some of us are metal workers and others are artist!
Very nice!!
Question what size bit do you use and what RPM and depth of cuts and how many passes do you use?
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ctorres3120 wrote:cutting small pieces of stainless steel and engraving them with a mini Milling machine.
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Carlos, the engraver your using? its not listed in ur list of toys to play with? what kind is it and what size is it? Carlos, ur detailed work is super nice! well thought out! Kyle
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Thank for the cutter info
Also interesting using a grinder not a router for spinning the bit "smart"
Always nice to see new ideas being posts goes back to the saying "none of us know it all "
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hooked wrote:
ctorres3120 wrote:cutting small pieces of stainless steel and engraving them with a mini Milling machine.
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Carlos, the engraver your using? its not listed in ur list of toys to play with? what kind is it and what size is it? Carlos, ur detailed work is super nice! well thought out! Kyle
the pieces are cut into the table of the plasma, after cleaning the edges with the grinder, put it in the milling mini this photo for me to fabricate the plate already has cavities and step engrave the figures, the miling mini is 24 "x24"
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I have not tried metal yet on my CNC router. What feed rate were you using?
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Very nice work!
Do you only offer one size of ring? or build them in various sizes (finger sizes).
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Great looking work Carlos, you obviously enjoy working and polishing stainless much more than me.
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wilber wrote:I have not tried metal yet on my CNC router. What feed rate were you using?
I engrave 6 IPM
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tnbndr wrote:Very nice work!
Do you only offer one size of ring? or build them in various sizes (finger sizes).

whether different pieces of short length
? diameter x 3.14 I use to find the length of the piece and know the circumference of the ring.
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WOW! that's some awesome work Carlos !

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I guess you mill a slot in the material to hold the part down ? Does anything clamp down on the part? What is the material you slot out made of ? What kind of machine is that ? Thanks
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Sampson Jones,'ll answer your questions soon
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more :D
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Awesome stuff!
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Sampson Jones wrote:I guess you mill a slot in the material to hold the part down ? Does anything clamp down on the part? What is the material you slot out made of ? What kind of machine is that ? Thanks
The material is 0.0625 "or less, the mini milling is homemade, here's some pictures of how I hold the pieces
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Beautiful work Carlos you are a talented artist. I like the Machete earrings. Craig Johnson
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Very cool
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How do you wrap it
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